Definition

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central buying agency

central de compras

centrale d´achats

购买中心 /gòumǎi zhōngxīn/

Commerce | n. phr.

a corporate trader financial resources of its own whose main activity is the joint purchase of inputs, raw materials and services which are necessary for the associate firms to develop their activities.

Example

One of the Spaniards pointed out that we are at a dead end talking to the owners of the oil mills, since all purchases were controlled by a central buying agency of the Portuguese government.