country-of-origin laundering
Refers to the practice of disguising a product's true origin, often by routing it through a third country to avoid tariffs, sanctions, or negative consumer perception. Used in trade, economics, and food labeling contexts.
This fish is suspected of having its country of origin laundered.
To prevent country-of-origin laundering, stricter labeling of origin is being called for.
Compound of 産地 (place of production) and ロンダリング (laundering, from English 'laundering'), modeled after terms like マネーロンダリング (money laundering).