transshipment center

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Noun1.transshipment center - a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import dutiestransshipment center - a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC"
entrepot
port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
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These were the galleon ships that transformed Manila into a transshipment center between Mexico and China.
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Our direct connection to the container transshipment center in Freeport to all regions of the world has allowed JAXPORT to be considered for trade with regions in which we have not traditionally had a presence."
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