Foreign Trade refers to the activities of exchanging of goods or service between a country or region and other countries or regions. Viewed from the international sphere, the exchanges of goods and services are worldwide trade transactions, so it is also known as International Trade or World Trade. To some island countries, such as Britain, Japan, it is commonly called oversea trade.

International trade activities include wide range of things. In addition to the traditional forms of international trade, it also includes economic and technological cooperation. Traditional forms of international trade is composed of imports and exports of commodities. Import of goods refers to all trade business of a country-buying goods for its domestic production and non-production business from another country or other countries or regions. Broadly speaking, imports also include the so-called invisible imports. That is, the trades of a country include the labor related to transport, insurance, loans, travel, technology and other aspects from other countries. Merchandise exports refers to all trade businesses of a country- selling a part of its production and processing of products to another country. In broad terms, exports also include the invisible exports.

In addition to the traditional forms of international trade, the increasing development of international economic cooperation, economic ties between countries is an advanced form. It allows the production and circulation of the same elements of the elements of economic factors and scientific and technological factors intertwined, further, it enriches and expands the international trade content and scope of activities.

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