The person on whose behalf the export declaration is made and who is the owner of the goods or has a similar right of disposal over them (Art. 788 CCIP). Under other Regulations it is the person who is partner of the export contract, the holder of an export licence or who is entitled to export refunds EU Customs Glossary
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For customs purposes this is considered to be the person on whose behalf the export declaration is made and who is the owner of the goods, or has a similar right of disposal over them at the time the declaration is accepted. Where the ownership, or a similar right of disposal over the goods, belongs to a person established outside the EU pursuant to the contract on which the export is based, the exporter is considered to be the contracting party established in the EU. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary
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a person, company, or country that exports goods:
• If the yen rose above 115 to the dollar, virtually every exporter in Japan would be losing money.
• Britain's leading exporter of manufactured goods
ˌnet exˈporter ECONOMICS
a country that exports more of a particular thing than it imports:
• France will never be a net exporter of fossil fuel.
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exporter UK US /ɪkˈspɔːtər/ US /-ˈspɔːrṱɚ/ noun [C]
► COMMERCE, ECONOMICS a person, country, or business that sells goods to another country: an exporter of sth »
Japan is a major exporter of cars.
»a coffee/oil/clothing exporter
► FINANCE, ECONOMICS a country or region whose people or businesses invest money in other countries: »
an exporter of capital
Financial and business terms. 2012.