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A place where goods are "transhipped" (to transfer goods from one means of transportation to another)
Also Entrepôt A seaport used for import and export activities In the prehistoric period, sites such as Hengistbury Head, Dorset, were involved in cross-Channel trading activities with Armorica
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
An intermediary storage facility where goods are kept temporarily for distribution within a country or for re-export
An intermediary center of trade where goods are stored temporarily for distribution within a country or for re export See also foreign trade zone, re export, and sufferance