Signal

Meaning 

AAA

American Arbitration Association

AAEI

American Association of Exporters

A/C

Account Current

ACEP 

Advisory Committee on Export Policy

ACS

Automated Commercial System

ACTPN

Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations 

ADS 

Agent Distributor service 

AECA

Arms Export Control Act

AEV

Articles of Extraordinary Value

AFT

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

AGX

Agriculture Export Connections

AIES

Automated Information Exchange System

AMF

Airport Mail Facility

AMS

Automated Manifest System

APEC

Asian - Pacific Economic Cooperation

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

APO

Administrative Protective Order

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ATP

Advanced Technology Products

A.V. or Ad Val

Ad Valorem

 

 

BAF

Bunker Adjustment Factor

BATF

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Bbl

Barrel

B/D

Bank Draft

BDL

Bundle

B/E

Bill of Exchange

B/L

Bill of Lading

Bls

Bales

BOP

Balance of Payments

BOT

Balance of Trade

B/R

Bills Receivable

BSA

Bilateral steel Agreement

BX

BOX

BXA

Bureau of Export administration

 

 

C.A.F.

Currency Adjustment Factor

Cbm/C.B.M.

Cubic Meter

CET

Common External Tariff

C&f

Cost and Freight

CFS

Container Freight Station

Cft or CuFt

Cubic Foot (Feet)

CG

Consul General, Consulate General

C.I.

Cost and insurance

C.I.F. & C.

Cost, insurance, freight, and commission

C.I.F. I&E

Cost, insurance, freight, interest and exchange

CIF

Cost, Insurance and freight

CIMS

Commercial Information Management System

CIP

Carriage and Insurance Paid To / Commodity Improt Program

CIT

Court of International Trade

CITA

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

C.K.D.

Completely Knocked Down

C.L.

(Shipping) Carload

C.M.

Cubic Meter (Capital Letters)

C.O.D.

Collect (Cash) on delivery

C.O.F.C.

Container on flatcar

COGSA

Carriage of Goods by Sea Act

COP

Cost of Production

CPT

Carriage Paid To

C.S.C.

Container service Charge

CSS

Cargo Selectivity System

Ctr

Container

Cu.

(measure) Cubic

C.YY.

Container Yard

 

 

D/A

Documents Against Acceptance

DAF

Delivered at Frontier

D/D

Delivered

DDP

Delivered Duty Paid

DDU

Delivered Duty Unpaid

DEQ

Delivered Ex Quay

DES

Delivered Ex Ship

DL

Distribution Licence

D/O

Delivery Order

D/P

Documents Against Payment

 

 

Ea or ea.

each

EAA

Export Administration Act

EAR

Export Administration Regulations

EC

European Community

ECCN

Export Control Classification Number, formerly: Export commodity Clasification Number

ECU

European Currency Unit

EDIFACT

Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transportation

EEA

European Economic Area

EEC

European Economic Community

EFTA

European free Trade Association

E&OE

Errors and Omissions Excepted

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival

ETD

Estimated Time of Departure

EXW

Ex Works

 

 

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

F.A.K.

Freight all Kinds

FAS

Free Alongside Ship

FBT

Flatbed Trailer

FCA

Free Carrier

F.C. &s.

Free of Capture and seizure warranty

FDA

Food and Drug administration

FEU

Forty Foot Equivalent Units

FI

Free In

FIO

Free In and Out

F.I.O.S.

Free in, Out and Stow

F.M.C. or FMC

Federal Maritime Commission

FO

Free Out

FOB

Free On Board

FOR/FOT

Free on rail / Free on Truck

FPA

Free of Particular Average

FR

Flat Rack

FTC

Federal Trade Commission

FIO

Freign Trade Organization

F/X

Foreign Exchange

 

 

G/A

General Average

GATT

General Agreement on Traiffs and Trade

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GNP

Gross National product

G.R.I.

General Rate Increase

 

 

HAWB

House Air Waybill

H/H

House to House

H/P

House to Pier

HS

Harmonized System

HTS

Harmonized Tariff schedule

HTSUS

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S.

 

 

IATA

International air Transport Association

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMO

International Maritime Organization

IN.

Inch

INC.

Incorporated

IPI

Inland Point Intermodal

ISC

Intermodal sercvice Charge

ISO

Internation Standards Orgainzation

 

 

JEIC

Japan Export Information Center

JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

 

 

K.D.

Knocked Down

K.D.F.

Knocked Down Flat

KGS or Kilo (s)

Kilogram(s)

 

 

L/C

Letter of Credit

LCL, L.C.L.

Less Than Container Load

l.O.A.

Length overall

LOI

Letter of Indemnity

L.S.

Lump sum

L.T.

Long Ton ( 2240 pounds)

Ltd.

Limited

Ltda.

Limitada

Ltee

Limitee

L.T.L

Less than Truckload

 

 

M

Measurement

MAX

Maximum

MBF or MBM

One Thousand Board feet

MFN

Most Favored National Treatment

MFT

Per Thousand Feet

MIN

Minimum

MLB

Mini-Land Bridge

M.O.

Money Order

MOFTEC

Ministry fo Foreign Economic Trade and Economic Cooperation

MOFERT

Ministry of Foreign economic Relations and Trade

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MT

Marine Terminal

MTN

Multilateral Trade Negotiations

MTO

Multilateral Trade Organization

 

 

N/A

Not Applicable

NAFTA

North Americal Free Trade

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

N.B.

Note below

N.E.S.

Not Elsewhere Specified

NIPA

National Income and Product Accounts

NO

Number

N.O.S.

Not Otherwise Specified

NT

Net Ton

N.V.

Naamloze Vennotschap

NVOCC

Nov-Vessel Operating Common Carrier

 

 

O.B.L.

(Shipping) Ocean Bill of Lading

O/C

Overcharge

OCP

Overland common Point

O.D.

Overside Diameter

O/S

Out of Stock

OT

Oper Top

O/T

Overtime

Oy

Osakeyhtiot

 

 

P/A

Power of Attorney

PCS

Piece of Pieces

P/H

Pier to House

Pkg or Pkgs

Package(s)

P&L

Profit and Loss

PLC

Pre-License Check

P/N

Promissory Note

PP

Purchase price

P.P.

Prepaid (Freight must be Prepaid)

P/P

Pier to Pier

PSV

Post-Shipment Vwertification

Pte Ltd

Private Limited

PT/PC

Per Trailer / per Container

Pty.ltd

Proprietary Limited

PU&D

Pick Up and Delivery

 

 

QRs

Quantitative Restrictions

 

 

R&D

Research and Development

RIPI

Reverse Inland point Intermodal

R.R.

Railroad

 

 

S.A.

Sociedad anonima / Societe Anonyme

SDRs

Speical Drawing Rights

SDU

Special Drawing Unit

S.G.L.

Societa a Garanzia Limitata

SLI

Shipper's Letter of Instruction

S.N.C.

Societe on Nom Collectif

SOD

Shipped on Deck

S.p.A.

Societa per Azioni

S.P.R.L.

Societa de Personnes a Responsabilite Limitee

S.Q.

Sociedad por Quota

S.R. & C.C.

Strikes, Riots and Civil Commotion Warranty (all risk Insurance)

S.R.L.

Societa a Responsabilita Limitada / Societe a Responsabilite Limitee

S.T.C.

Said to contain

Ste.

Societe

 

 

T or Ton

Ton of 2240 lbs

TACM

Transit air Cargo manifest

TUE

(Shipping) Twenty foot equivalent unit. A Forty foot container is equal to two (2) Teus

T.L.

(Shipping) Truckload

TM

Trademark

T.O.F.C.

Trailer (On Wheels) Flat Car

 

 

UBO

Ultimate Beneficial Owner

UCP

Uniform Customs and Practices

UN

United Nations

 

 

VAT

Value-Added Tax

Viz

Namely

VP

Vice President

 

 

W

Ton of 1000 kilos

WA

With Average

WB

Waybill

WTO

World Tourism Organization / World Trade Orgainization