entrepot
- n 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 - n a depository for goods
- With its seaports on the Shatt al Arab and its proximity to Kuwait, Basra is rapidly re-establishing itself as an entrepot at the head of the gulf.
- But while there are about 100,000 fewer foreigners than a decade ago, the city retains its entrepot flavor: today, citizens of other Asian nations make up more than 80 percent of .
- Meanwhile, Iran has become the main entrepot for opium-based drugs produced in Afghanistan.