a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millenium BC"
a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
a specialized port with external trade relations of a re-export form
A place where goods are "transhipped" (to transfer goods from one means of transportation to another).
A term used for international trade where goods are shipped to a center for reexport. Hong Kong engages in significant amounts of this form of trade.
An intermediary storage facility where goods are kept temporarily for distribution.
A trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location where goods are imported and re-exported without directly entering the local economy. According to the strict definition, oods are imported into and re-exported from an entrepôt without incurring liability for duties.