International Trade Classification

1, according to the direction of movement of goods in international trade may be divided into
1 Imports (Import Trade): to foreign goods or services enter their market.
2, export trade (Export Trade): the national output of goods or services to foreign markets.
3, cross-border trade (Transit Trade): A country's goods transported through the territory of the State C to State B market, in terms of the C state is the transit trade. As the transit trade to the role of international trade barriers, present, WTO members do not engage in cross-border trade between each other.
Imports and exports both sides, on each transaction, the seller is concerned, is the export trade, the buyer is concerned, is the import trade. In addition, their input in the output of goods and become re-exported; output of foreign goods enter the country at the time, called the complex import.
Second, according to the shape of goods in international trade can be divided into
1, the visible trade (Visible Trade): there are import and export of goods in kind. For example, machinery, equipment, furniture and so on are all forms of physical goods, such as visible trade import and export goods. At the same time, this form it is often referred to as import and export trade.
2, the invisible trade (Invisible Trade): without physical import and export of technologies and services. The transfer of patent rights, tourism, finance and insurance companies are all cross-border provision of services without material goods, the import and export is called invisible trade.
Third, by producing and consuming countries in trade relations and the international trade can be divided into
1, direct trade (Direct Trade): refers to commodity producing countries and consumer goods are not traded through third countries of goods act. Trade aspects of the exporting country as direct exports, direct imports of the importing country side called.
2, indirect trade (Indirect Trade) and re-exports (Transit Trade): means the commodity producing countries and consumer goods are traded through third countries, commodities, indirect trade producers as indirect exporters, as consumers indirectly importing country, while the third countries are re-country, third country is re-engaged.
For example, the post-war Iraq, there are some opportunities, but risks are also high. Some enterprises in China's exports to Iraq when the first product sold mostly to neighboring countries of Iraq, then Iraq's neighboring countries re-export to Iraq.
4. By trade consists of: service trade, processing trade, commodity trade, general trade.