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A

Air Waybill (AWB)Airline Terminal Fee All-Risk Coverage Anti-dumping Duties (AD)Automated Export System (AES)Automated Manifest System (AMS)

B

BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) BTI | Binding Tariff Information Bill of Lading (BOL or B/L)Binding Origin Information Blank Sailing Blind Shipment Bobtail Fee Bonded Goods Bonded Warehouse Break Bulk Bulk 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 Insurance Coverage Limits Cargo Owners Liability Coverage 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 Concealed Damage Coverage Consignee Consolidation Container Container Yard (CY)Continuous Customs Bond Contract of Carriage Control of Damaged Goods 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

Debris Removal Declared Value Coverage Deconsolidation Deductible Deferment Fee Deferment or Postponed VAT Accounting Delivery Labor Fee Delivery Order Demurrage Detention Devanning Direct or Indirect Customs Representation Disbursement Service Fee Domestic Inland Transit Double Blind Shipment Drayage Drop Drop Fee Drop and Pick Dry Run Dry 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 ID FCA (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)Forklift Fuel Surcharge (FSC)

G

GRI (General Rate Increase)Gating In General Average General Order Geographical Scope 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 Record Incoterms®Inherent Vice Inside Delivery Fee Intensive Exam Interest Insured International Roadcheck Interruption of Transit Coverage Inventory Linked

J

Jones Act

K

Known Shipper

L

LCL (Less than Container Load)LTL (Less than Truckload)Last Free Day Letter of Indemnity (LOI)Liftgate Liftgate Fee Live Unload Loading & Unloading Coverage

M

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)Motor Truck Cargo Insurance

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 Particular Average Per Diem Charge Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) Pier Pass Fee Port filings Power of Attorney Pre-Pull Preferential Duties Prior Disclosure Professional Service Fees

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 Total Insured Value 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

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