GLOSSARY (ACRONYMS)
- Document type
- Policy
- Dated
- Category
- Foreign Trade Policy 2023
ACRONYMS
| Acrony | Explanation | Acronym | Explanation |
| AA | Advance Authorisation | CQCTD | Committee on Quality Complaints and Trade Disputes |
| AANF | Appendices and Aayaat Niryaat Form | CRES | Certificate of Registration as Exporter of Spices |
| ACU | Asian Clearing Union | CST | Central Sales Tax |
| AEZ | Agri Export Zone | CIN | Company Identification Number |
| ANF | Aayat Niryaat Form | CRES | Certification of Registration as Exporter of Spices |
| ARE-1 | Application for Removal of Excisable Goods for Export (By Air/Sea/Post/Land) | CEPA | Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| ARE-3 | Application for Removal of Excisable Goods from a factory or a warehouse to another warehouse | CBEC | Central Board of Excise and Customs |
| ACP | Accredited Clients Programme | CSP | Common Service Provider |
| AEO | Authorised Economic Operator | CECA | Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement |
| AES | Approved Exporter’s Scheme | CVD | Countervailing Duty |
| APEDA | Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority | DA | Document against Acceptance |
| ARO | Advance Release Order | DBK | Drawback |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations | DC | Development commissioner |
| ASIDE | Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development of Exports | DDA | Diamond Dollar Accounts |
| AU | Actual User | DEA | Department of Economic Affairs |
| BCD | Basic Customs Duty | DEL | Denied Entity List |
| BG | Bank Guarantee | DES | Duty exemption Schemes |
| BIFR | Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction | DFIA | Duty Free Import Authorisation |
| BOA | Board of Approval | DGCI&S | Director General, Commercial Intelligence & Statistics |
| BOT | Board of Trade | DIN | Director Identification Number |
| BRC | Bank Realisation Certificate | DPIN | Designated Partner Identification Number |
| BTP | Biotechnology Park | DGFT | Director General of Foreign Trade |
| BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards | DoBT | Department of Bio Technology |
| CBEC | Central Board of Excise and Customs | DoC | Department of Commerce |
| CCP | Customs Clearance Permit | DeitY | Department of Electronics and Information Technology |
| CEA | Central Excise Authority | DoR | Department of Revenue |
| CEC | Chartered Engineer Certificate | DoT | Department of Telecommunications |
| CED | Central Excise Duty | DRS | Duty Remission Schemes |
| CENVAT | Central Value Added Tax | DTA | Domestic Tariff Area |
| CETF | Common Effluent Treatment Facility | e-BRC | Electronic Bank Realisation Certificate |
| CFCs | Common Facility Centres | e-IEC | Electronic Importer-Exporter Code |
| CG | Capital Goods | ECA | Enforcement-cum-Adjudication |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance & Freight | EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| CIN | Corporate Identification Number | ECGC | Export Credit Guarantee Corporation |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States | EEFC | Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency |
| CKD | Completely Knocked Down | EFC | Exim Facilitation Committee |
| CoD | Cash on Delivery | EFT | Electronic Fund Transfer |
| CoO | Certificate of Origin | INFCIRC | International Atomic Energy Agency Information Circular |
| EGM | Export General Manifest | IEM | Industrial Entrepreneurial Memorandum |
| EHTP | Electronic Hardware Technology Park | IMSC | Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee |
| EIC | Export Inspection Council | IL | Industrial Licensing |
| EO | Export Obligation | ISO | International Standards Organisation |
| EODC | Export Obligation discharge Certificate | ITC (HS) | Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) for Export & Import Items |
| EOP | Export Obligation Period | KVIC | Khadi and Village Industries Commission |
| EOU | Export Oriented Unit | LC | Letter of Credit |
| EPC | Export Promotion Council | LCS | Land Customs Station |
| EPCG | Export Promotion Capital Goods | LLPIN | Limited Liability Partnership Number |
| EPO | Engineering Processing Outsourcing | LPG | Liquefied Petroleium Gas |
| EXIM | Export Import | LoC | Line of Credit |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment | LoI | Letter of Intent |
| FE | Foreign Exchange | LoP | Letter of Permit |
| FEMA | Foreign Exchange Management Act | LUT | Legal Undertaking |
| FIEO | Federation of Indian Export Organisation | MAI | Market Access Initiative |
| FIRC | Foreign Exchange Inward Remittance Certificate | MDA | Market Development Assistance |
| FOB | Free On Board | MEA | Ministry of External Affairs |
| FOR | Freight on Road and Rails | MEIS | Merchandise Exports from India Scheme |
| FT (D&R) Act | Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992) | MRA | Mutual Recognition Agreements |
| FTDO | Foreign Trade Development Officer | MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| FTP | Foreign Trade Policy | MoF | Minstry of Finance |
| FT( R) Rules | Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules | MSME | Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises |
| FTWZ | Free Trade and Warehousing Zone | MSMED | Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement | MSTC | Metal Scrap Trade Corporation |
| G&J EPC | Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council | NBFC | Non-Banking Financial Company |
| GOI | Government of India | NC | Norms Committee |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services | NFE | Net Foreign Exchange |
| GR | Guarantee of Realisation | NI | Non-Infringing |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Process | NCB | National Competitive Bidding |
| HBP | Handbook of Procedures | NOC | No Objection Certificate |
| HHEC | Handicraft & Handlooms Exports Corporation | PDS | Public Distribution System |
| ICB | International Competitive Bidding | PEC | Project and Equipment Corporation of India Ltd. |
| ICD | Inland Container Deport | PIC | Policy Interpretation Committee |
| ICM | Indian Commercial Mission | PRC | Policy Relaxation Committee |
| IEC | Importer Exporter Code | PAN | Permanent Account Number |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation | PH | Personal Hearing |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | PTA | Preferential Trade Agreement |
| PSU | Public Sector Undertaking | STC | State Trading Corporation |
| R&D | Research and Development | STCL | Spices Trading Corporation Limited |
| RA | Regional Authority | STE | State Trading Enterprise |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India | STH | Star Trading House |
| RCMC | Registration-cum-Membership Certificate | STPI | Software Technology Park of India |
| REP | Replenishment | STR | State Trading Regime |
| RPA | Rupee Payment Area | SUVs | Sports Utility Vehicles |
| S/B | Shipping Bill | TED | Terminal Excise Duty |
| SAD | Special Additional Duty | TEE | Towns of Export Excellence |
| SCOMET | Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technology | TH | Trading House |
| SEI CMM | Software Engineers Institute’s Capability Maturity Model | TPO | Trade Promotion Organization |
| SEZ | Special Economic Zone | TRA | Telegraphic Release Advice |
| SEIS | Service Exports from India Scheme | TRQ | Tariff Rate Quota |
| SIA | Secretariat for Industrial Assistance | TUFS | Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme |
| SIIC | State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation | UAC | Units Approval Committee |
| SION | Standard Input Output Norms | UN | United Nations |
| SKD | Semi-Knocked Down | VA | Value Addition |
| SLEPC | State Level Export Promotion committee | WCO | World Customs Organisation |
| WHOGMP | World Health Organisation Good Manufacturing Practices |