transshipment center

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transshipment 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"

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port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

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Since then, Zahony has been an important distribution and transshipment center for goods moving to and from Western Europe.