day 141trade and supply

trade and supply

Talk about foreign trade, supply and demand and stock in the warehouse, and grant a point before your “but” with X是X，…….

today’s words

• 外贸 wàimào · foreign trade
• 关税 guānshuì · tariff, customs duty
• 顺差 shùnchā · (trade) surplus
• 赤字 chìzì · deficit
• 差额 chā'é · difference (in amount), balance
• 壁垒 bìlěi · barrier; rampart
• 供 gōng · to supply, provide
• 供求 gōngqiú · supply and demand
• 供需 gōngxū · supply and demand
• 供应链 gōngyìngliàn · supply chain
• 产业链 chǎnyèliàn · industrial chain
• 产值 chǎnzhí · output value
• 增产 zēngchǎn · to increase production
• 增收 zēngshōu · to increase income
• 增速 zēngsù · growth rate; to speed up
• 物流 wùliú · logistics
• 物资 wùzī · goods and materials, supplies
• 物力 wùlì · material resources
• 存货 cúnhuò · goods in stock; to stock goods
• 库存 kùcún · inventory, stock
• 储备 chǔbèi · reserve; to stockpile
• 贮藏 zhùcáng · to store, keep (goods, food)
• 大宗 dàzōng · large quantity, bulk
• 紧缺 jǐnquē · in short supply
• 过剩 guòshèng · surplus, excess
• 内需 nèixū · domestic demand
• 拉动 lādòng · to drive, boost (growth)
• 投放 tóufàng · to put on the market, release
• 效益 xiàoyì · returns, (economic) benefit
• 盈利 yínglì · profit; to make a profit
• 营利 yínglì · to seek profit, be for profit
• 暴利 bàolì · huge (unfair) profits
• 亏本 kuīběn · to lose money (on a deal)
• 停业 tíngyè · to close (for business), suspend business
• 开张 kāizhāng · to open for business

sentences

• 生意好是好，就是库存太多了，只好降低单价。 · Business is good, all right, but we have far too much stock, so we’ve had to cut the unit price.
• 关税高倒是高了，可茶还是很热销。 · The tariffs are higher, sure, but the tea still sells really well.
• 工厂想增产，可是物流跟不上。 · The factory wants to produce more, but logistics can’t keep up.
• 一种货过剩，另一种货却很紧缺。 · One product is in surplus while another is in short supply.
• 楼下那家店开张才半年就停业了，听说欠下了不少债务。 · The shop downstairs closed only six months after it opened: apparently it ran up a lot of debt.