noun
roundabout trade; commodity shunting
Economic term for trade where goods are routed through an intermediate country, often to circumvent tariffs, quotas, or trade restrictions.
制裁を避けるために迂回貿易が行われることがある。
Roundabout trade is sometimes conducted to avoid sanctions.
この商品は第三国を経由する迂回貿易で輸入された。
This product was imported via roundabout trade through a third country.
Compound of 迂回 (ukai, 'detour, roundabout') and 貿易 (bōeki, 'trade'). The term is a direct calque of the English 'roundabout trade'.