Entrepot
noun
A place where goods are stored and later sent out to other places.
The city served as an entrepot for cereals and textiles.
Often appears as...
- major entrepot
- entrepot trade
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A place where goods are stored and later sent out to other places.
The city served as an entrepot for cereals and textiles.
Often appears as...
- major entrepot
- entrepot trade
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Trade Hub
Think of an entrepot as a hub for trading activities, where goods are temporarily housed while awaiting redistribution.
Singapore has transformed into a global entrepot, facilitating trade between East and West.
Pro Tip 2/3Transit Point
An entrepot can be viewed as a transit point in the journey of a product from manufacturer to consumer.
Hong Kong functions as an entrepot, importing electronic components and exporting finished products.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Final Destination
Goods in an entrepot are not typically sold there but forwarded elsewhere for sale or further processing.
The shipment paused briefly in the Panama entrepot before continuing to its final destination.
Pro Tip 1/3Trade Hub
Think of an entrepot as a hub for trading activities, where goods are temporarily housed while awaiting redistribution.
Singapore has transformed into a global entrepot, facilitating trade between East and West.
Pro Tip 2/3Transit Point
An entrepot can be viewed as a transit point in the journey of a product from manufacturer to consumer.
Hong Kong functions as an entrepot, importing electronic components and exporting finished products.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Final Destination
Goods in an entrepot are not typically sold there but forwarded elsewhere for sale or further processing.
The shipment paused briefly in the Panama entrepot before continuing to its final destination.
Pro Tip 1/3Trade Hub
Think of an entrepot as a hub for trading activities, where goods are temporarily housed while awaiting redistribution.
Singapore has transformed into a global entrepot, facilitating trade between East and West.
Pro Tip 2/3Transit Point
An entrepot can be viewed as a transit point in the journey of a product from manufacturer to consumer.
Hong Kong functions as an entrepot, importing electronic components and exporting finished products.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Final Destination
Goods in an entrepot are not typically sold there but forwarded elsewhere for sale or further processing.
The shipment paused briefly in the Panama entrepot before continuing to its final destination.
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right the transshipment goods that we have always been a hub for were the first ways in which our island nature actually helped us to get in connection and get in touch with the rest of the world because we are at the connection of multiple trade routes in the world and we were very convenient entrepot
Video examples
New ways to understand...
right the transshipment goods that we have always been a hub for were the first ways in which our island nature actually helped us to get in connection and get in touch with the rest of the world because we are at the connection of multiple trade routes in the world and we were very convenient entrepot
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