1. Direct trade: refers to the behavior of commodity producing countries and commodity consuming countries buying and selling commodities without going through a third country. The exporting country of trade is called direct export, and the importing country is called direct import.
2. Indirect trade and entrepot trade: refers to the behavior of commodity producers and consumers buying and selling commodities through third countries. In indirect trade, producers are called indirect exporters, consumers are called indirect importers, and third countries are entrepot traders, and third countries are engaged in entrepot trade.
According to the transaction content, it is divided into:
Service trade, processing trade, commodity trade, general trade,
According to the number of trade participants, it is divided into bilateral trade and multilateral trade.
1. Bilateral trade refers to the trade between two countries on the basis of bilateral settlement through agreement. In this kind of trade, both sides pay for the import of the other side with the export of one side, which is mostly implemented in foreign exchange control countries. In addition, bilateral trade also refers to the trade between the two countries.
2. Multilateral trade, also called multi-angle trade, refers to the trade in which three or more countries buy and sell each other on the basis of multilateral settlement through agreement. Obviously, under the trend of economic globalization, multilateral trade is more common.
Geographical direction
Also known as the geographical direction of international trade? International trade by region? (international trade by region), used to indicate the status of continents, countries or regional groups in the world in international trade. Calculating the proportion of countries in international trade can not only calculate the proportion of countries' import and export in the total world import and export, but also calculate the proportion of countries' total import and export in the total international trade (total world import and export).
Because foreign trade is the exchange of goods between one country and another, it is of great significance to analyze and study foreign trade by combining commodity classification with country classification, that is, by combining the study of commodity structure and geographical direction, to find out the whereabouts of different kinds of goods in a country's exports and the sources of different kinds of goods in its imports.
Characteristics of international trade
International trade in goods belongs to the category of commodity exchange, which is not different from domestic trade in nature, but because it is carried out between different countries or regions, it has the following characteristics compared with domestic trade:
1. International trade in goods involves possible differences and conflicts in policies, measures and legal systems of different countries or regions, as well as differences brought about by language, culture and social customs, and the issues involved are far more complicated than domestic trade.
2. In the international trade of goods, the transaction quantity and amount are generally large, the transportation distance is long, and the performance time is long, so the risks borne by both parties are far greater than those of domestic trade.
3. International trade in goods is easily influenced by the political and economic changes, bilateral relations and changes in the international situation in the countries where both parties to the transaction are located.