灰色市场产品 ,也称为“平行进口” ,是指由美国厂商制造的产品 ,出售给国外经销商以较低价格在国外市场销售。而这些产品重新进口到美国 ,和经授权的美国经销商的产品进行竞争 ,从而迫使美国经销商降低销售价格。美国厂商不愿面对这种和自己的竞争 ,他们试图采用各种手段阻止 Gray market products, also known as “parallel imports,” refer to products manufactured by US manufacturers that are sold to foreign distributors for sale at lower prices in foreign markets. These products are re-imported into the United States to compete with the products of authorized U.S. distributors, forcing U.S. distributors to lower their sales prices. American manufacturers are reluctant to face this kind of competition with themselves, and they try to stop it by various means