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  • verb Present participle of transship.

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Examples

  • Among the P-I's findings: Big shipments of contaminated honey from China are frequently laundered in other countries - an illegal practice called "transshipping" - in order to avoid U. S.import fees, protective tariffs or taxes imposed on foreign products that intentionally undercut domestic prices.

    Dvorak Uncensored 2009

  • -- there are in fact many ways suppliers and buyers can distort trade data, such as transshipping, using a different trading or import company, etc. -- but it's surprisingly good for basic competitive queries.

    SpendMatters 2009

  • He was very big in transshipping drugs out of Puerto Cabello.

    U.S. Losing Big Drug Catch José de Córdoba 2011

  • There was no evidence of them in the warehouses and transshipping companies that had been used by the network.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • There was no evidence of them in the warehouses and transshipping companies that had been used by the network.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • The West Indies were a crucial nexus, both a neutral market where American cargoes might be traded for arms and supplies, and a base for transshipping munitions from Europe.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • It may likewise set the rules of trade, such as: forbidding transshipping of goods between countries and similar techniques, aimed at bypassing the deficit limits; or demanding congressional approval for any substantial increase or decrease of the overall deficit limit.

    Dr. Vladimir A. Masch: Compensated Free Trade 2010

  • The West Indies were a crucial nexus, both a neutral market where American cargoes might be traded for arms and supplies, and a base for transshipping munitions from Europe.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • The troubles in Xinjiang are all about transshipping energy across Asia into China.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • The troubles in Xinjiang are all about transshipping energy across Asia into China.

    Daily Links, July 13, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

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