1.
exporting country; export nation
A country that exports goods, resources, or products to other countries, especially one known for a particular export.
日本は自動車の輸出国だ。
Japan is an automobile-exporting country.
主要な石油輸出国が会議を開いた。
The major oil-exporting countries held a conference.
この地域では農産物の輸出国と輸入国の間で貿易摩擦が起きている。
In this region, trade friction has arisen between agricultural exporting and importing countries.
A compound of 輸出 (export) and 国 (country). The 国 suffix is productive for forming country-type labels: 先進国 (developed country), 途上国 (developing country).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 石油輸出国: oil-exporting country
- 最大の輸出国: the largest exporter
- 輸出国機構: organization of exporting countries (as in OPEC)
- 純輸出国: net exporter
SIMILAR/RELATED WORDS:
- 輸入国: importing country — the counterpart
- 貿易国: trading nation — broader term covering both import and export
- 輸出: export (the act itself)