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China's booming market has also turned the country into a net importer of the metal.

繁荣的市场使得中国成为了锡的纯进口国.

Marubeni, the Japanese trading house, has bet more than$ 5bn that China will become a net importer of corn for years to come, in the process reshaping the global market for agricultural commodities markets.

日本商社丸红（Marubeni）以逾50亿美元，押注于未来几年中国将成为玉米净进口国，且这一过程将改变全球农产品市场格局。

Last year, China became a net importer of coal on an annual basis for the first time since reliable records have existed.

去年，自存在可靠记录以来，中国首度成为煤炭净进口国。

High local prices and transport bottlenecks resulted in China becoming a net importer of coal for the first time ever in the first quarter.

国内煤炭价格高企和运输瓶颈，导致中国在今年第一季度首次成为煤炭净进口国。

Marubeni estimates that net aluminium exports from China will fall from 6 00000 tonnes this year to around 2 00000 by 2008, while Antaike reckons that by the end of the decade, China will be return to being a net importer.

丸红株式会社估计，2008年前，中国的铝净出口量将从今年的60万吨降至20万吨左右，而安泰科估计，在2010年前，中国将重新成为铝净进口国。

Canada is now a substantial net importer of medicines.

加拿大现在是一个药物净进口大国。

By the end of the Revolution 12 , New England was a net importer of food and fiber.

到独立战争结束时, 新英格兰成为食物与纤维产品的净进口区.