China became a net importer of thermal coal this year.

今年中国成为热煤净进口国。

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China was a net importer of oil products for the first time.

中国首次成为了石油产品的净进口国。

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We have become a net importer, and lost international competitiveness.

我们已经变成了一个净进口国，丧失了在国际上的竞争力。

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In 2006, Britain became a net importer of oil for the first time in decades.

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China is the world's third-largest net importer of oil, behind the U.S. and Japan.

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Since 2007 the country has been a net importer of food, after decades of self-sufficiency.

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