E

EAA Export Administration Act (USA)

EAB Export Administration Bulletin (USA)

EAR Export Administration Regulations (USA)

EARB Export Administration Review Board (USA)

ECASS Export Control Automated Support System

ECN Export Control Number

ECCN Export Control Classification Number (USA)

ECD Export Counseling Division (USA)

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EE Export Enforcement

EFTA European Free Trade Agreement

EI Encryption Items

EIN Employer Identification Number (USA)

EMS Export Management Systems

EPCI Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative

ERIC Electronic Request for Item Classification

ESS Export Seminar Staff (USA)

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETC Export Trading Company

ETD Estimated Time of Departure

ETS Estimated Time of Sailing

EU European Union

EX DEC Export Declaration

EXW Ex Work

F

FA Free Alongside

FAF Fuel Adjustment Factor

FAK Freight of All Kinds

FAS Free Alongside Ship

FC Firearms Convention

FCA Free Carrier

FCL Full Container Load

FCPA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (USA)

FEU Forty Equivalent Units

FIFO First In, First Out

FIO Free In Out

FIOS Free In Out and Stow

FMC Federal Maritime Commission (USA)

FMS Foreign Military Sales

FMV Foreign Market Value

FO Free Out

FOB Free On Board

FOB FACTORY Free On Board Factory

FOT Free On Truck

FPG Foreign Parent Group

FSN Foreign Service National

FTA Free Trade Agreement

FTA Free Trade Area

FTO Foreign Trade Organization

FTSR Foreign Trade Statistics Regulation

FTZA Foreign Trade Zone Act

G


GA General Average

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GL General License

GPO Government Printing Office (USA)

GRI General Rules of Interpretation

GSP Generalized System of Preferences

GTDI Guidelines for Trade Data Interchang

H

H/H House-To-House

H/P House-To-Pier

HHD Hogshead

HPC High Performance Computer

HS Harmonized Schedule

HWA Hold Without Action

I

IAN Invoice Arrival Notice

IATA International Air Transport Association

ICN IATA Code Number

IC Import Certificate

ICC Interstate Commerce Commission (USA)

IEEPA International Emergency Economic Powers Act

IFTA Israel Free Trade Agreement

ILA International Longshoremens Association

IMCO Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative
Organization

IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

INCOTERMS International Commercial Terms

IPI Interior Points Intermodal

ISO International Standards Organization

ITD Intent to Den

IVL
Individual Validated License (US

J

JIT Just in Time

JOC Journal of Commerce (USA)

K

KD Knocked Down

L

L & D Loss and Damage Claim

LAIA Latin American Integration Association

LASH Lighter Aboard Ship

LCL Less Than Container Load

LDC Less Developed Country

LE License Exemption

LIFO Last In, First Out

LO/LO Lift On/Lift Off

LOC Letter of Credit

LTL Less Than Truck Load

M

MARC Missile Annex Review Committee

MCI Mexican Commercial Invoice

MFN Most Favored Nation

MIDCL MI Bank Direct Collection Letter

MKS Marks and Numbers

MRO Material Release Order

MRP Manufacturing Resources Planning

MSC Military Sea Lift

MT Missile Technology

MTAG Missile Technology Advisory Group (USA)

MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime (USA)

MTEC Missile Technology Export Control Group (USA)

N

NP Nuclear Proliferation

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NCBFAA National Customs Brokers and Forwarders
Assn. (USA)

NCOO NAFTA Cerificate of Origin

NES Not Elsewhere Specified

NLR No License Required (USA)

NMT Office of Nuclear and Missile Technology Control (USA)

NO., NOS. Number, Numbers

NOIBN Not Otherwise Indicated By Name

NOS Not Otherwise Specified

NPTC Office of Non-Proliferation Controls and Treaty Compliance (USA)

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA)

NSD National Security Directives

NSG Nuclear Supplies Group

NVOCC Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier

O

OAC Office of Anti-Boycott Compliance

OBL Ocean Bill of Lading

OC Operating Committee

OEA Office of Enforcement Analysis (USA)

OEE Office of Export Enforcement (USA)

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEXS Office of Exporter Services (USA)

OFAC OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control (USA)

OS & D Over, Short and Damaged

Q

R

RO/RO Roll On, Roll Off

ROK Republic of Korea

RS Regional Stability

RVC Regional Value Content

RWA Return Without Action

S

SADC South African Development Community

SCL Special Comprehensive License

SDN Specially Designated National

SDT Specially Designated Terrorist

SED Shipper’s Export Declaration

SFSC Shared Foreign Sales Corporation

SI Significant Items

SIC Standard Industrial Classification

SIES Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security(USA)

SITA Society International de Telecommunications
Aeronautique

SITC Standard International Trade Classification

SL & C Shipper’s Load and Count

SLCD Special Licensing and Compliance Division

SLI Shippers Letter of Instruction

SNEC Sub-Group on Nuclear Export Coordination

SQL Structured Query Language

STELA System for Tracking Export License Applications

STFPC Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy
Controls (USA)

T

TAC Technical Advisory Committee

TEU Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol

TDCC Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (USA)

TEU Twenty Equivalent Units

TDO Temporary Denial Order

TIB Temporary Importation Under Bond

T.I.R. CARNET Transit International Router Carnet

TIR Trailer Interchange Report

TOFC Trailer On Flat Car

TPC Trade Policy Committee

TS Tariff Shift

TVA Time Volume Agreement

U

UCC Uniform Commercial Code (USA)

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development

UOM Unit of Measure

UF&FCS United States and Foreign Commercial Service
(USA)

USCOO United States Certificate of Origin

USITC United States International Trade Commission

V

VAN Value Added Network

VAT Value Added Tax

VRA Voluntary Restraint Agreements

W

W/M Weight or Measurement

WA Wassenaar Arrangement (USA)

WRO Western Regional Office

WTO World Trade Organization

X

Y

Z