Import/Export
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ID: 0319
Intermediate
Likely many a laowai has dreamed about how much dosh one could make taking chicken feet from the States and importing them to China--but just how does the whole import/export biz work? We know, and you could as well, in a matter of about 14 minutes. In this podcast, learn to talk business in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 生意 | shēngyi | business | |
| 入世 | rùshì | to join the WTO | |
| 竞争 | jìngzhēng | competition | |
| 激烈 | jīliè | intense |
哎好久不见听说你生意很不错啊
āi 哎hǎojiǔ bùjiàn 好久不见tīngshuō 听说nǐ 你shēngyi 生意hěn 很búcuò 不错ā 啊
Hey, long time no see. I’ve heard your business is doing pretty well!
嗨一般一般入世了以后进出口也挺难做的机会多了竞争也更激烈了
hāi 嗨yībān 一般yībān 一般rùshì le 入世了yǐhòu 以后jìnchūkǒu 进出口yě 也tǐng 挺nán 难zuò 做de 的jīhuì 机会duō 多le 了jìngzhēng 竞争yě 也gēng 更jīliè 激烈le 了
Well, just average. After we joined the WTO, doing import/export became pretty difficult. There are more opportunities, but the competition is also fiercer now.
是啊现在进口关税一直在降但是外国对中国出口的东西却要提高关税这样一来你怎么办呢
shì 是ā 啊xiànzài 现在jìnkǒu guānshuì 进口关税yīzhí 一直zài 在jiàng 降dànshì 但是wàiguó 外国duì 对Zhōngguó 中国chūkǒu 出口de 的dōngxi 东西què 却yào 要tígāo 提高guānshuì 关税zhèyàngyīlái 这样一来nǐ 你zěnme bàn 怎么办ne 呢
That’s right, now import duties keep on going down, but foreign countries now want to increase the duties on goods exported from China. In view of this, what do you do?
只好自己控制成本现在科技发达特别是互联网让国际贸易方便了很多成本也降低了我现在基本上都是自己在网上推广和寻找海外买家
zhǐhǎo 只好zìjǐ 自己kòngzhì 控制chéngběn 成本xiànzài 现在kējì 科技fādá 发达tèbiéshì 特别是hùliánwǎng 互联网ràng 让guójì màoyì 国际贸易fāngbiàn le 方便了hěn 很duō 多chéngběn 成本yě 也jiàngdī le 降低了wǒ 我xiànzài 现在jīběn shang 基本上dōu 都shì 是zìjǐ 自己zài 在wǎngshàng 网上tuīguǎng 推广hé 和xúnzhǎo 寻找hǎiwài 海外mǎijiā 买家
You have to control production costs yourself. Now technology is so developed, especially the internet. It has made international trade a lot more convenient, and has also reduced costs. Now I basically do all my own business expansion and search for overseas buyers over the internet.
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