(ゆしゅつこく)

ゆしゅつこく
noun
exporting country
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(にほん)自動車(じどうしゃ)輸出国(ゆしゅつこく)だ。
Japan is an automobile-exporting country.
主要(しゅよう)石油(せきゆ)輸出国(ゆしゅつこく)会議(かいぎ)(ひら)いた。
The major oil-exporting countries held a conference.
この地域(ちいき)では農産物(のうさんぶつ)輸出国(ゆしゅつこく)輸入国(ゆにゅうこく)(あいだ)貿易(ぼうえき)摩擦(まさつ)()きている。
In this region, trade friction has arisen between agricultural exporting and importing countries.

A compound of 輸出(ゆしゅつ) (export) and (こく) (country). The (こく) suffix is productive for forming country-type labels: 先進国(せんしんこく) (developed country), 途上国(とじょうこく) (developing country).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 石油(せきゆ)輸出国(ゆしゅつこく): oil-exporting country
  • 最大(さいだい)輸出国(ゆしゅつこく): the largest exporter
  • 輸出国(ゆしゅつこく)機構(きこう): organization of exporting countries (as in OPEC)
  • (じゅん)輸出国(ゆしゅつこく): net exporter

SIMILAR/RELATED WORDS:

  • 輸入国(ゆにゅうこく): importing country — the counterpart
  • 貿易国(ぼうえきこく): trading nation — broader term covering both import and export
  • 輸出(ゆしゅつ): export (the act itself)