AWB : Airway Bill
C : Class rate
CC : Charges Collect
CCA : cargo Charges Correction Advice
CFR : Cost And Freight
CIF : Cost Insurance & Freight
CIP : Carriage Insurance Paid To
CM : Centimeter
COD : Cash On Delivery
CPT : Carriage Paid To
Cu.ft : Cubic Foot (FEET)
Cu.in. : Cubic Inch (es)
Cy : Currency
DDP : Delivered Duty paid
DDU : Delivered Duty Unpaid
DEQ : Delivered Ex Quay (Duty Paid)
DES : Delivered Ex Ship
Dir. : Direct
EWB : Express Waybill
FAS : Free Alongside Ship
FCA : Free Carrier
FIATA : International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association
FOB : Free On Board
HWB : House Airwaybill
ISO : International standard Organization
K : Kilogram
Lb(s) : Pound (s)
L/C : Letter Of Credit
MCO : Miscellaneous Charges Order
NCV : No Commercial Value
NES : Not Elsewhere Specified
NVD : No Value Declared
PBA : Paid By Agent
PP : Charges Prepaid
SLI : shipper’s Letter of Instruction
SCR : Specific Commodity Rate
ULD : Unit Load Device
Various Abbreviations are used for handling as well while preparing the international documents. Few of them are listed below:
Act, The : The Customs ACT, 1962
AC : Assistant Commissioner
ATA Carnet : Customs Convention on ATA Carnet
B/E : Bill of Entry
BG : Bank Guarantee
BTP : Bio Technology Park
CA : Commissioner of Customs
C.B.E. & C. : Central Board of Excise and Customs
CC : Commissioner of Customs
CC (P) : Commissioner of Customs (Preventive)
CFS : Container Freight Station
CHA : Custom House Agent
CIF : Cost Insurance Freight
CITES : Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CKD/SKD : Completel y / Semi Knocked Down
CONCOR : container Corporation of India Ltd.
CPN : Custom House Public Notice
DC or Dy. C. : Deputy Commissioner
DEEC : Duty Exemption Entitlement Certified
DEPB : Duty Exemption Passbook Scheme
DFRC : Duty Free Replenishment Certified
DGFT : Director General of foreign Trade
DTA : Domestic Tariff Area
EDI : Electronic Data Interchange
EGM : Export General Manifest
EHTP : Electronic Hardware technology Park
ELT : Excise Law Times
EOU : Export Oriented Unit
*EPC : “Relevant” Export Promotion Council
EPCG : Export Promotion Capital Goods
EPZ : Export Processing Zone
FCL : Full Container Load
FIR : First Information Report
FOB : Free on Board
FTCS : Fast Trade Clearance System
FTP : Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09
FTZ : Free Trade Zones
GATT : General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
ICD : Inland Container Depot
ICES : Indian Customs EDI System
IE Code : Importer-Exporter Code Number
IGM : Import General Manifest
ITC : Indian Trade Classification
LCL : Less than Container Load
LCS : Land Customs Station
LUT : Legal Under Taking
MOT : Merchant Over Time
NFE : Net Foreign Exchange
NMI : Not Made in India
NOC : No Objection Certified
PMV : Present Market value
Pvt BW : Private Bonded Warehouse
QBAL : Quantity Based Advance Licence
S/B : Shipping Bill
SEZ : Special Economic Zone
SMTP : Sub-manifest Transit Permit
STP : Software Technology
SVB : Special Valuation Branch
T : Tribunal
TR : Transfer of Residence
TRA : Telegraphic Release Advice
A.A.R. : Against All Risks
A.C. : American - condition
A. T. : American Terms
Acct. : Account
Av. : Average
B.L. : Bill of Lading
C.A.D. : Cash Against Document
C.B.D. : Cash Before Delivery
C & F : Cost and Freight
C & I : Certificate and Insurance
CI : Certificate of Insurance
C.I..A : Cash In Advance
C.I.F. : Cost, Insurance, Freight Included
C. A. F. : Cost, assurance , Freight Included
C.I.F. & C. : Cost, Insurance , Freight & Commission
C.I.F.C & I. : Cost, insurance, Freight, Commission
C.O.D : Cash On Delivery
C.O.S. : Cash On Shipment
C.W.O. : Cash With Order
D.A. : Documents Against acceptance
D.A.D. : Document Against Disposition
D.F : Dead Freight
D.N : Debit Note
D.O. : Delivery Order
D.P. : Documents against acceptance
D.W. : Dock Warrant
E.C. : English Conditions
E.&O.E : Errors and Omissions excepted
E.O.M. : End of Month
F.A.A. : Free of All Average
F.A.S. : Free Alongside Ship
F.B.H : Free on Board at Harbour
F.&D. : Freight & Demurrage
F.F.A. : Free Form Alongside
FRT : Freight
F.I.O : Free in and Out
F.O.B : Free on Board
F.O.C. : Free of Charge
F.O.D. : Free of Damage
F.O.R. : Free on Rail
F.O.S. : Free on Ship
F.O.T. : Free on Truck
F.P.A. : Free on particular Average
Frt. Fwd. : Freight Forward
Frt. PP : Freight Prepaid
G.A. : General Average
I.B : In Bond
Int : Interests
I.P.A. : Including Particular Average
I.T : Immediate transport
L/C : Letter of Credit
L&D : Loss and Damage
M.D. : Month’s Date
M.I.P : Marine Insurance Policy
M/P : Month after Payment
N/T : New Terms
N.WT : Net Weight
O. P. : Open Policy
O.R. : Owner’s Risk
O.R.D : Owner’s Risk of Damage
O/T : Old Terms
P/A : Particular Average
P.L. : Partial Loss
P/N : Promissory Note
P.O.D : Pay on Delivery
PPD : Prepaid
PPT : Promptly
R.C.C.&S. : Riot, Civil Commotion and Strike
Rect. : Receipt
Rept. : Receipt
R.I. : Reinsurance
RP : Reply Paid
S. (sgd) : Signed
S.D.B.L. : Sight Draft and Bill of Lading Included
S.F.A. : Shipping and Forwarding Agent
S.G. (sp. gr) : Specific Gravity
S/N : Shipping Note
S/S : Steamship
T/A : Trade Acceptance
T.L.O. : Total Loss Only
T.Q : Trade Quality
TR. : Tare
UC. : Usual Conditions
UT : Usual Terms
U/W : Underwriter
W.B : Way Bill
W.G : Weight Guaranteed
W/M : Weight of Measurement
W.R : War Risk
W/R : Warehouse Receipt
Wt. : Weight
W/W : warehouse Warrant