An importer sources goods from multiple suppliers in the same region: instead of separate shipments arriving one by one, all items first flow into a consolidation center, are combined into a single consignment, and forwarded together to the destination.
Source: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/consolidation-warehouse.asp
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