roundabout trade; commodity shunting
Economic term for trade where goods are routed through an intermediate country, often to circumvent tariffs, quotas, or trade restrictions.
Roundabout trade is sometimes conducted to avoid sanctions.
This product was imported via roundabout trade through a third country.
中継貿易 refers to entrepot trade where goods are imported, stored, and re-exported, while 迂回貿易 specifically implies routing to bypass restrictions.
迂回 means 'detour' or 'roundabout route' in general; 迂回貿易 applies this concept to international trade.
Compound of 迂回 (ukai, 'detour, roundabout') and 貿易 (bōeki, 'trade'). The term is a direct calque of the English 'roundabout trade'.