"Commodity importers" refers to countries or businesses that buy and bring in various goods (like food, oil, or minerals) from other countries. Full definition
Rising Chinese consumption demand over the long term and lower commodity prices, however, are positive for global growth overall, and especially for net commodity importers. (alephblog.com)
Japanese inflation went down first and up later, which was after the commodity price crash even though Japan is a heavy commodity importer. (carnegieendowment.org)
The Canadian dollar has appreciated against the U.S. dollar by an amount similar to that of the currencies of two major commodity importers, Japan and the euro area (Chart 8). (macleans.ca)