›a situation in which a company sells its products to customers in another country using an intermediary (= a person or organization that arranges business agreements), or a product that is sold in this way: Through indirect export, companies can sell products to intermediaries in China and these middlemen can bring the product into the market. Indirect exports are excluded from the data. → Comparedirect export
indirect exportingnoun[U]› Indirect exporting is frequently used when producers are entering new markets, as it has less cost and risk associated with it.