Japan, a highly industrialized nation, has to import 99 percent of its primary commodities needed by the country.

日本是一个高度工业化的国家，但是它必须进口它所需要的99%初级商品。

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The prices of primary commodities on the international market have risen considerably in recent years, which directly puts upward pressure on domestic prices.

近年来国际市场初级产品价格大幅上升，也直接影响国内价格上涨。

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The pattern for trade in primary commodities is much the same, with about 90% of them priced in dollars.

FORBES: Euroflop

Many of these companies are linked to agribusiness or other primary commodities.

ECONOMIST: Brazil

But Saudi investors may be resented for buying up primary commodities from poor countries, while monopolising and limiting the output of their own special one: oil.

ECONOMIST: Feeding its own people more cheaply