What Is a Trade Item?

Merchandise trade refers to purely commercial trade activities for the purpose of buying and selling commodities. This type of transaction method also includes some specific transaction methods, such as distribution (general distribution, exclusive distribution, special distribution and general distribution), agents (general, exclusive, special and general agents), consignment, auction, Bidding and exhibition sales.

Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade refers to purely commercial trade activities for the purpose of buying and selling commodities. This type of transaction method also includes some specific transaction methods, such as distribution (general distribution, exclusive distribution, special distribution and general distribution),

The level of development of merchandise trade is directly proportional to the degree of market economy development. With the advancement of science and technology, the deepening of social division of labor and the development of market economy, commodity trade has the following characteristics: ^[1]

China's current typical classified commodity trade is as follows. ^[2]

Commodity trade occupies a fundamental position in a market economy. ^[1]

First, commodity trade is the basis of trade operations. Judging from the chronological order of the emergence and development of trade, there is generally trade in goods first, followed by trade in services. At the same time, the degree of development of merchandise trade also restricts the degree of development of service trade to a certain extent.

Second, commodity trade is the material basis for social reproduction. In a market economy, there is no development of social reproduction without commodity trade. Productive commodity trade is a prerequisite for the continuous expansion of social production scale, continuous technological updates, and accelerated production progress; consumer product trade enables workers' wages to be smoothly transformed into consumer goods needed for labor reproduction, and meets consumer demand To achieve the purpose of social reproduction. It can be seen that commodity trade has promoted the sustained, rapid and healthy development of the national economy. Third, commodity trade is the guarantee for the normal operation of the market.

Commodity trade is a direct reflection of the development of a market economy and a barometer of socio-economic development. The degree of development, prosperity, and price fluctuations of commodity trade directly reflect the operating conditions of the market economy, the speed and scale of social reproduction, and the degree to which the interests of different owners are realized. Social evaluation. Commodity trade is the guarantee of a country's economic prosperity and social stability.