Entrepôt

Imagine you have a toy store and you need to get toys from different parts of the world to sell in your store. However, it's really expensive and difficult to ship toys directly from one country to another without spending a lot of money on transportation and customs fees.

That's where an entrepôt comes in! An entrepôt is a special kind of warehouse or trading post where goods from different countries are brought in and stored before being shipped to their final destination. Think of it like a big middleman who helps make trade between different countries easier and more efficient!

So, in the case of your toy store, you could use an entrepôt in a place like Singapore, which is a major trading hub. You would send your orders for toys from different countries to the entrepôt in Singapore. The entrepôt would receive your orders, and then go out and buy the toys from those countries, and store them in their warehouse.

Once all the toys have arrived at the entrepôt, they would be able to bundle them up and send them all to you in one large shipment. This saves you money on shipping costs, and it's also easier for you because you only have to deal with one shipment instead of many individual ones.

And that's how an entrepôt works! It's kind of like a big helper who helps make trade between different countries easier and more efficient.