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A
Air Waybill (AWB)
Airline Terminal Fee
Anti-dumping Duties (AD)
Automated Export System (AES)
Automated Manifest System (AMS)
B
BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)
BTI | Binding Tariff InformationBill of Lading (BOL or B/L)
Binding Origin Information
Blank Sailing
Blind Shipment
Bobtail Fee
Bonded Goods
Bonded Warehouse
Break BulkBulk Cargo
C
CAIN (Customs Assigned Importer Number)
CBM (Cubic Meter)
CBP (Customs and Border Protection)
CDS | Customs Declaration Service
CES (Centralized Examination Station)
CFS (Container Freight Station)
CFS (Container Freight Station)
Cut-off
CFS (Container Freight Station) Fee
CHED | Common Health Entry Document
CHIEF
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CTPAT
CY (Container Yard) Cutoff
Cargo Insurance
Cargo Ready Date (CRD)
Carrier
Cartage
Chassis
Chassis Fee
Chassis Pool Chassis Split
Chinese New Year (CNY)
Clean Truck Fee
Closed Area
Co-Loader
Commerce Control List (CCL)
Commercial Invoice
Common Carrier
Compliance Assessment
Consignee
Consolidation
Container
Container Yard (CY)
Continuous Customs Bond
Contract of Carriage
Countervailing Duties
Country of Origin
Country of Origin Marking
Customs Bond
Customs Broker
Customs Business
Customs Clearance
Customs Entry
Customs Exam
Customs Exam Fee
Customs Procedure Codes
Customs Valuation
D
Declared Value Coverage
Deconsolidation
Deferment Fee
Deferment or Postponed VAT Accounting
Delivery Labor Fee
Delivery Order
Demurrage
Detention
Devanning
Direct or Indirect Customs Representation
Disbursement Service Fee
Double Blind ShipmentDrayage
Drop
Drop FeeDrop and Pick
Dry RunDry Van Shipping
Duty
Duty Drawback
E
E2 | Import Entry Acceptance Advice
EBS (Emergency Bunker Surcharge)
EIN (Employer Identification Number)
ELD (Electronic Logging Device)
EORI (Economic Operator Registration and Identification)
EXW (Ex Works)
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)
Export Declaration
Export License
Express Bill of Lading
External Transit (T1)
F
FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon)
FBA IDFCA (Free Carrier)
FCL (Full Container Load)
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
FEU (Forty-foot Equivalent Unit)
FLEGT | Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
FOB (Free on Board)
FTA (Free Trade Agreement)
FTL (Full Truckload)
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
First Sale Valuation
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)
ForkliftFuel Surcharge (FSC)
G
GRI (General Rate Increase)
Gating InGeneral Average
General Order
Golden Week
H
HC (High Cube) Container
HS / HTS Codes
Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF)Hazmat
I
ISF (Importer Security Filing)
ISPS Code (International Ship and Port Facility Security Code)
Importer of RecordIncoterms®Inherent ViceInside Delivery FeeIntensive ExamInternational RoadcheckInventory Linked
J
Jones Act
K
Known Shipper
L
LCL (Less than Container Load)
LTL (Less than Truckload)
Last Free DayLetter of Indemnity (LOI)
Liftgate
Liftgate Fee
Live Unload
M
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)
Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)
N
NES | The National Export System
NVWA | De Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit
Negotiated Rate Arrangement (NRA)
Non-Reimbursement Statements
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)
Notify Party
O
Origin Charge
Origin Engineering
Original Bill of Lading (OBL)
P
PGA (Partner Government Agency)
POA (Power of Attorney)
PSS (Peak Season Surcharge)
Packing List (PL)
Pallet
Pallet Exchange Fee
Per Diem Charge
Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS)
Pier Pass Fee
Port filings
Power of Attorney
Pre-Pull
Preferential Duties
Prior Disclosure
Q
Quality Control (QC)
R
Reasonable Care
Related Parties
Residential Delivery Fee
Responsible Supervision and Control
Rolled Cargo
Rules of Origin
S
Ship From Address (Amazon)
Shipper's Letter of Instruction (SLI)
Shipping Order (SO)
Special Delivery Fee
Split Shipment
Stop Off Fee
Storage Charges
Stuffing
T
TARIC | The Integrated Tariff of the European Union
TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)
TTW | Toestemming Tot Wegvoering
Tail Gate Exam
Tariff Engineering
Tariff Quotas | Preferential or Autonomous
Trade Remedy
Transloading
Transtainer
Trucking Wait Fee
U
ULD (Unit Load Device)
UTB | Uitnodiging Tot Betaling
Ultimate Consignee
V
VAT (Value Added Tax) Number
Valuation Challenge
W
Wharfage
What is Chargeable Weight?
What is Fiscal Representation?
X
X-Ray Exam
Y
Yard Storage
Z
Zone Rate