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AAEI	American Association of Exporters and Importers
AAEN	Asian-American Employee Network
AAFES	Army and Air Force Exchange Service
AAIP	Arab Association for Investment Promotion
ABGI	Addington-Barker Group International
ABN	Australian Business Number (a Number Issued By The Australian Government As Registration Of A Business And Used For Taxation Purposes)
ACBC	Australia China Business Council
ACCC	Australian Competition Consumer Commission
ACCeSs	Automated Customs Clearance System
ACCI	Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
acda	Arms Control and Disarmament Agency's
ACE	Automated Commercial Environment (US Customs)
ACE	Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship
ACEP	Advisory Committee on Export Policy
ACH	Automated Clearing House
ACIO	Australian Commerce and Industry Office
ACMC	Australian CEFACT Management Committee
ACN	Australian Company Number
ACOA	Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
ACS	Asia Customer Satisfaction
ACS	Automated Commercial System
ACTA	Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
ACTF	Assistance for Customs and Trade Facilitation
ACTU	Australian Council of Trade Unions
ADAE	Anglo-Dutch Awards for Enterprise
ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADD	Anti-Dumping Duty
ADDF	Abu Dhabi Duty Free
ADFD	Abu Dhabi Fund for Development
ADM	Accounting Data Mart
ADRF	Asia Development Research Forum
ADS	American Depository Share
ADS	Agent/Distributor Service
AEBA	American European Business Association
AECA	Arms Export Control Act
AECC	Austro-Egyptian Chamber of Commerce
AED	Additional Excise Duty
AEEDE	Asociacion Española de Escuelas de Direccion de Empresas
AEPM	America España Planificacion Mercados
AES	Automated Export System
AFCCE	Aid to Foreign Countries Commodity Enterprises
AFDS	Alternative Financing and Delivery System
AFS	American Field Studies
AFTA	Andean Free Trade Agreement
Ag	Actien Gesellschaft
AHEC	American Hardwood Export Council
AIBD	Aboriginal International Business Development
AID	Agency for International Development (U.S.)
AIF	Amsterdam Institute of Finance
AIM	Automotive Import Market

AIM	Asian Internet Marketing
AISC	All Info Sustaining Cost
AIT	Alliance Internationale de Tourisme
AITAF	All India Tax Advocates Forum
AITT	All India Trade Test
ALCOA/brand name of myriad products:	Aluminum company of America. One product used in everyday home use is Reynolds Aluminum foil, fyi.
AMS	Automated Manifest System
ANIDA	All Nations International Development Agency
ANSI	American National Standards Institute, Inc.
ANZCERTA	Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement
AOA	Asian Ombudsman Association
AOL	All Overseas Labor
AOPEC	Arab Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries
AOR	Agency Of Record
APBO	Asia Pacific Business Outlook
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APHIS	U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APIC	Asian Paint Industry Council
ApS	Anpartsselskab (Danish term for a limited liability company)
aptta	Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement
AQL	Acceptable Quality Level
AQSIQ	Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
ASAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEM	Asia-Europe Meeting
ASIA	Alternative Solution for International Accounting
ASSOCHAM	Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASWP	Any Safe World Port
AT	Anti-Terrorism
ATA	Admission Temporaire-Temporary Admission
ATF	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (former name)
ATFP	Arab Trade Finance Programme
ATO	Alternative Trade Organisation
ATTF	Agence de Tranfert de Technologie Financière
AWB	Australian Wheat Board
AWP	Annual Work Program
B/E	Bill Of Exchange
B/L	Bill of Lading
B2B	Business to Businesse
BA	British Airways
BAIA	Business Association Italy America
BATF	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms
BATNA	Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
BBBJ	'BBBJ' is simply a public relations term to wit: Better Business Bureau 'Justification'
BBCD	British Business Club Düsseldorf e.V.
BBY	Before The Battle Of Yavin
BCC	Blind Carbon Copy
bccb	British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
BCCI	Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
BCCL	Bank Capability of Comfort Letter
BCCS	Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore

BCM	Best Chinese Manufacturer
BCR	Budget Control Report
BEA	Bureau of Economic Analysis
BEC	Broad Economic Categories
BECIB	BElgium Convention and Incentive Bureau
BEDO	Bali Export Development Organization
BEET	Business Executive Enforcement Team
BEI	Bridge Educação Internacional (Portuguese: Bridge Education International)
BEM	Big Emerging Markets
BENE	Business Education Network in Europe
BENELUX	Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Economic Union
BEPZA	Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority
BFP	Bona Fide Purchaser
BFT	Bonollo Francesco Thiene
BFTA	Bilateral Free Trade Agreement
BFTA	Baltic Free Trade Area
BIBA	Bulgarian International Business Association
BIIB	Boeing Institute of International Business
BIIC	Brazil, Indonesia, India, China
BIMP-EAGA	Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area
BIMSTEC	Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BIN	Business Identification Number
BISNIS	Business Information Services for Newly Independent States
BIT	Bilateral Investment Agreement
BIT	Bi-lateral Investment Treaty
BITRATEX	Bitratex Industries, PT.
BL	Basel Land
BL	Bill of Lading
BLC	Bonded Logistics Center
BM	Board Member
bni	Business Network International's
BNSF	Bulgarian National Science Fund
BOAC	British Overseas Air Corporation
BOGSAT	Bunch Of Guys Sitting Around Talking
BOL	Bill Of Lading
BoP	Balance of Payments
BOT	Balance of Trade
BP	British Petroleum
BP	Big Player
BPO	Business Process Offshoring
BQ	Bloc Quebecois
BRC	British Retail Consortium
BRENT	Broom, Rannoch, Etive, Ness and Tarbert
BRG	British Racing Green
BRIC	Brazil, Russia, India and China
BRIDGE	Building Relations Internationally and Developing Global Education
BS	Bad Seller
BSA	Bilateral Steel Agreement
BSCF	Buyer-backed Supply Chain Financing
BSEC	Black Sea Economic Cooperation

BTJ	BiblioTekstJänst
BTN	Brussels Tariff Nomenclature
BUSH	Buy United States Here
BWI	Brickwork India
BWR	Brickwork Ratings
BXA	Bureau of Export Administration
C N P C	CHINESE NATIONAL PETROLUEM COR PORATION
C&F	Cost and Freight
C/I	Cost and Insurance
C1,D1,B2 VISA	C1 Transit, D1 Seamen and B2 Visitor visa
CAF	Cd Antiviral Factor
CAF	Currency Adjustment Factor
CAFTA	Central America Free Trade Agreement
CAP	Competitive Advantage Period
CAPPT	Chile, Argentina, Peru, the Philippines and Thailand
CAPS	Centralized Account Processing System
CARE	Customs Administration Reforms Process
CAS	Customer Application Support
CAT	Computer Aided Translation
CAT	Competitive Advantage of Turkey
CATC	Chicago Analytic Trading Company
CATI-MERIT	Cooperative Agreements and Technology Indicators database, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
CATT	Computer Assisted Technology Transfer
CBBA	Canadian Bulgarian Business Alliance
CBBC	China-Britain Business Council
CBBR	China Book Business Report
CBCD	Cow Bank and Community Development (ADRA)
CBCD	Content-Based Copy Detection
CBD	Cash Before Delivery
CBERA	Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
CBI	Caribbean Basin Initiative
CBK	Central Bank of Kenya
CBW	Chemical and Biological Weapons
CC	Crime Control
CC	Commercial Certificate
CCC	Customs Cooperation Council
CCC	Commodity Credit Corporation
CCCN	Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature
CCIC	Canadian Council for International Cooperation
CCL	Commodity Control List
CCRA	Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
CD	Custom Duty
CDMH	Canadian Direct Marketing Handbook
CDT	Center For Defense Trade
CE	Chinese Export
CE	Central Europe
CE MARK	Conformite Europeen
CEDA	Cooperative Economic Development Agreement
CEE	Comunidade Economica Europeia
CEE	Charges [having] Equivalent Effect

CEETO	Central-Eastern European Treaty Organization
CEPT	Common Effective Preferential Tariff
CET	Common External Tariff
CF	Customs Form
CFA	Clearing and Forwarding Agent
CFC	Controlled Foreign Corporation
CFR	Cost and Freight
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CFT	Compagnie Financière Tradition
CFTA	Canadian Free Trade Agreement
CGBI	Chinese Government Bond Index
CGEM	Canadian Global Economy Model
CGST	Central Goods and Service Tax (India)
CHB	Custom House Broker
CHEE	Charges having Equivalent Effect
CHI	Cylinder Head Innovations
CI	Commercial Import
CIB	Council for International Business Arbitration
CIBC	Canada Italy Business Council
CIBTC	China International Book Trading Corporation
CICC	California Israel Chamber of Commerce
CIF	Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
CIF&C	Cost, Insurance, Freight and Commission
CIFCI	Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission and Interest
CIFI&E	Cost, Insurance, Freight, Interest, and Exchange
CIHM	Confederation of Indian Head Massage
CIMA	Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
CIMS	Commercial Information Management Systems
CIP	Carriage and Insurance Paid to
CIS	Collaborative Information System
CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
CISA	China Iron and Steel Association
CISG	Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
CIT	Court of International Trade
CITP	Certified International Trade Professional
CIV	Civilian License Exception
CJR	Commodity Jurisdiction Request
CLB	Company Law Board
CLIA	Cruise Lines International Association
CMAA	Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement
CMC	Commission for the Development of Capital in Honduras
CMI	Commerce Management Interface
CMMI	Capability Maturity Model Integrated
CMP	Country Marketing Plan
CNAPS	China's National Advanced Payment System
CNF	Cost and Freight
CNNC	China National Nuclear Corporation
CNOOC	China National Offshore Oil Corporation's
CNUSA	Commercial News USA
CO	Certificate of Origin

CO	Company
COCOM	Co-Ordinating Committee On Multilateral Export Controls
COD	Cash On Delivery
COE	Culture of Excellence
COE	Council Of Europe
COGSA	U.S. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
COHEP	COnsejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada (Honduran Council for Private Enterprise)
COMA	Currency Overlay Management Account
COMECON	Council For Mutual Economic Assistance (economic Counterpart Of The Warsaw Pact
COMESA	Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa
COMEX	Commodity Exchange, Inc
COOL	Country Of Origin Labeling
COP	Custom Of the Port
COR	Country of registration
COSO	Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
COSO	Consortium Of Somali Organisations
COT	Class of Trade
CPAI	Commodity Participants Associations of India
CPIR	Comité de Promotion Industrielle de Richmond
cpm	Cipher Pluggable Module
CPT	Carriage Paid To
CRIS	Common Relex Information System
crm	Customer Relationship Management
CRMG	Commodity Risk Management Group
CSL	Context Sensitive Language
CSMC	Caribbean Single Market and Community
CSME	Caribbean Single Market Economy
csrc	China Securities Regulatory Commission's
CT	Countertrade
CTI	Customer Trade Indicator
CTI	Chartered Translators Ireland
CTPA	Caribbean Trade Partnership Act
CTPAT	Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
CTR	Currency Transaction Report
CTRC	Caribbean Trade Reference Centre
CTS	Corporate Translation Services
CUS	Customer
CVD	Countervailing Duty
CWC	Chemical Weapons Convention (International Treaty)
CWT	Customer Wait Time
CXT	Common External Tariff
CYBCUL	Commercialize Your Brand Choosing Ultimate Links
D/A	Documents Against Acceptance
D/P	Documents Against Payment
DADC	Digital Audio Disc Corporation
DAFZA	Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority
DARPS	Dutch Auction Rate Preferred Stock
DART	Dynamic Applied Regional Trade
DATV	Direct Airside Transit Visa
DBIT	Doing Business in Taiwan

DCC	Damascus Chamber of Commerce
DCFTA	Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement
DDA	Doha Development Agenda
DDF	Dubai Duty Free
DDP	Delivered Duty Paid
DDSN	Demand-driven supply networks
DDU	Delivery Duty Unpaid
DEC	Domiciled European Community
DEC	District Export Council
DEEC	Duty Exemption Entitlement Certificate
DEM	Domestic Emerging Markets
Dept	Department
DEQ	Delivered Ex Quay (shipping)
des	Delivered Ex-Ship Sea
DFLSS	Design For Lean/ Six Sigma
DFS	Duty Free Shop
DIN	Deutsches Institut für Normung.
DISC	Domestic Industrial Sales Corporation
DITB	Dictionary of International Trade and Business
DITF	Dhaka International Trade Fair
DITS	Division of Information Technology Services
DM	German Mark (Deutsche Mark)
DMAIC	define, measure, analyze, improve, and control.
DMC	Developing Member Country
DMC	Dubai Media City
DNAD	Domestic Non Availability Determination
DOC	United States Department of Commerce
DOD	United States Department of Defense
DOE	United States Department of Energy (government)
DOI	Department of the Interior (US)
DOL	United States Department of Labor
DOS	United States Department of State
DOT	Department Of Treasury
DOT	Department of Transport
DP	Duty Paid
DP	Dubai Ports
DPL	Denied Persons List
DPT	Double Protective Treatment
DRF	Debt Redemption Fund
DSA	Direct Selling Association
DSB	Danske Statsbaner
DTA	Domestic Tariff Area
DTAG	Defense Trade Advisory Group
DTC	Date to China
DTC	Defense Trade Controls
DTO	Design to Order
DTRA	Defense Threat Reduction agency
DTRE	Duty and Tax Remission on Export
DTSA	(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
DTT	Double Tax Treaty

DU	Despatch unit
DV	Declared Value
EAA	Export Administration Act
EAC	Export Assistance Center
EACU	East African Customs Union
EAME	Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
EAPO	Eurasian Patent Organization
EAR	Export Administration Regulations
EBA	European Banking Authority
EBB	Economic Bulletin Board
EBIT	European Business Initiative on Taxation
EBN	Electronic Business Networking
ebrd	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's
EBSDA	Eastern Black Sea Development Agency
EC	Economic Cooperation
EC	European Community
ECA	Economic Cities Authority, Saudi Arabia
ECB	European Central Bank
eccb	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank's
ECCC	Export Commodity Control Code
ECCN	Export Commodity Classification Number
ECCP	European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
ECD	Exporter Counseling Division
ecfa	Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement
ECHO	Enhanced Cargo and Port Handling Optimization
ECMA	European Corporate Member Assembly
ECMR	European Community Merger Regulation
ECO	Economic Cooperation Organization
Ecofin	Economic and Financial Affair Council (EU)
ECSM	Excise, Customs, Stamps, and Money
ECU	European Currency Unit
EDC	Export Development Corporation
EDITA	European Database for International Trade Activities
EDM	European Domestic Market
EDP	Exposure Diversification And Price
EDT	Estimated Delivery Time
EE	Export Enforcement
EEA	European Economic Area
EEBIC	Eastern Europe Business Information Center
EEC	European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union\|EU)
EEI	Electronic Export Information
EEV	Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle
EEZ	European Economic Zone
EFA	European Finance Association
EFA	European Fiscal Authority
EFI	Electronics For Imaging
EFRD	European Fund for Regional Development
EFSF	European Financial Stability Facility
EFSM	European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism
EFT	Electronic Funds Transfer

EFTA	European Free Trade Area
EFTA	European Free Trade Association (Geneva)
EHTP	Electronic Hardware Technology Park (India)
EI	Encryption Item
EIB	European Investment Bank
EIBC	Export-Import Bank of China
EIBD	EU (European Union) - Indonesia Business Dialogue
EIN	Employer Identification Number
EIN	Exporter Identification Number
EIP	Export Incentive Program
EJC	Experience Japan Culture
EJP	Experience Japan Program
ELA	English Language Acquisition
ELAIN	Electronic License Application and Information Network
ELAN	Export Legal Assistance Network
ELCS	European Labour Cost Survey
ELISA	Export License Status Advisor
ELLD	European Loan Loss Database
ELVIS	Export License Voice Information System
eMA	eMarketing Association
EMC	European Marketing Confederation
EMC	Export Management Company
EME	Established Market Economies
EMF	Emerging Markets Free
EMI	Electric and Musical Industries
EMR	Experience Modification Rate
EMS	Export Management System
EMS	European Monetary System
EMS	English Market Selection
EMS	Export Movement Services
EMU	European Monetary Union o Economic and Monetary Union
EN	European Normal
EN	European Norm
ENT	Exports Needs Tags
EO	Executive Order
EOC	European Organizational Culture
EOFYS	End of Financial Year Sale
EOI	Export Oriented Industry
EOTC	European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
EOU	Export Oriented Units
EP	Euro Presidents
EP	European Parliament
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency (US)
EPC	European Patent Convention
EPCG	Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme
EPCI	Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative
EPI	Export Price Index
EPO	European Patent Office
EPOC	Employee direct Participation in Organisational Change
EPZ	Export Processing Zone

ER	External Relations
ERA	European Research Area
ERDF	European Regional Development Fund
ERIC	Electronic Request for Item Classification
ERIC	European Rotaract Information Center
ERLC	Export Revolving Line of Credit
ERM	Exchange Rate Mechanism
ERMII	Exchange Rate Mechanism II
ERP	European Recovery Program
ERTF	Exchange Rate Transaction Fee
ERTR	European Recruitment Trade Representation
ESA	European System of Accounts
ESA	Enfringed Sovereignty Act
ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
ESM	European Stability Mechanism
ESPIRIT	European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technologies
ET	Experimental Tourism
ETA	Emirates Trading Agency
ETC	Export Trading Company
ETF	European Transport Workers' Federation
ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU	European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
EUSD	European Union Savings Directive
EUSG	European Union Staff Group
EWRP	Extra War Risk Premium
EX	E Xtreme
EXIM BANK	Export-Import Bank of the United States
EXP	Export
EXPAT	Expatriate
EXW	Ex Works
FAA	Foreign Assistance Act
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FAC	Foreign Assets Control
FAS	Foreign Agricultural Service
FAS	Free Alongside Ship
FBC	Foreign Buyers' Club
FBP	Foreign Buyer Program
FCA	Free Carrier
FCBS	Finnish Chinese Business Services
FCBU	Foreign Currency Banking Unit
FCFV	Foreign Chartered Fishing Vessels
FCIA	Foreign Credit Insurance Association
FCO	Full Corporate Offer
fcpa	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act's
FDBC	Foreign Documentary Bills for Collection
FDBP	Foreign Documentary Bills for Purchase
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FED	Federal Excise Duty
FEM	Foreign Exchange Management

FEMA	Foreign Exchange Management Act
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEQ	First European Quality
FET	Foreign Economic Trends
FIATA	Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés
FIDE	Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports
FIE	Foreign-Invested Enterprise
FII	Foreign Institutional Investment
FIMM	First In Mobile Multimedia
FINMA	Swiss Financial Markets Authority
FIOS	Free In and Out Stowed
FIPA	Foreign Investment Promotion Agency
FIPA	Fundo de Investimento Privado de Angola
FIPB	Foreign Investment Promotion Board
FIRM	Future Information Research Management
FIRMS	Facilities, Information, and Resources Management
FITT	Forum for International Trade Training
FLC	Full Container Loaded
FLO	Fair-trade Labelling Organization
FMC	Federal Maritime Commission's
FMCG	Fast-moving consumer goods
FMoG	Free Movement of Goods
FMS	Foreign Military Sales
FMV	Foreign Market Value
FNCCI	Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
FOB	Freight On Board
FOE	Foreign Operated Enterprise
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FOREX	Foreign Exchange
FOSMI	Federation of Small and Medium Industries
FPA	Free of Particular Average
FPA	Fee Protection Agreement
FPCCI	Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
FPFO	Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer
FPFS	Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures System
FRA	Future Rate Agreement
FRAS	Forward Rate Agreement Swap
FSA	Firm-Specific Advantage
FSC	Foreign Sales Corporation
FSC	Fuel Surcharge
FSFT	fs/fs stands for. For sale,For trade in terms of automobiles or on sites like craigslist
FSN	Foreign Service National
FSO	Foreign Service Officer
FSPR	Financial Service Providers Register (New Zealand)
FT	Free Trade
FTA	Free-Trade Agreement
FTAA	Free Trade Area of the Americas
FTC	Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
FTC	Finance and Trade Centre
FTC	Foreign Tax Credit

FTFI	Free Trade Forum India
FTFV	Free Trade Fair Vote
FTI	Foreign Traders Index
FTO	Foreign Trade Organization
FTO	Fresh Touring Origination
FTOM	Forum Trade Officials Meeting
FTSE	Financial Times/ Stock Exchange share index
FTSR	Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations
FTZ	Foreign-Trade Zone
FTZA	Foreign Trade Zone Act
FTZB	Foreign Trade Zone Board
FUN	Falkland Unspoilt Naturals
FX	Foreign Exchange
FZ	Free Zone
G	Global
G-5	Group of Five
G-7	Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
G-DEST	General License-Destination
G.R.I.	General Rules of Interpretation
G/A	General Average
G4S	Group 4 Security
GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GABC	German-American Business Council
GAF	Global Assessment of Functioning Scale
GAO	Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
GATS	General Agrement On Tarifs And Services
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
GBLP	Global Business Leadership Program
GBU	Global Business Unit
GCC	Gulf Council Countries
GD	Goods Declaration
GDNI	Goods Delivered Not Invoiced
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GE	global economy
GEM	Growth Enterprise Market
GEM	Global Export Manager
GEMU	Genuine Economic and Monetary Union
GES	Global Ethical Standard
GF	Global Finish
GH	General Hydroponics
GIB	Global Innovation Business
GIC	Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd
GL	General License
GLOBE	Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness
GLV	General License-Shipments of Limited Value
GM	Global Market
GmbH	Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung (German: company with limited liability)
GML	Global Merchandise Link
GMRI	Global Marketing Resources Initiative
GNDM	Global Network Delivery Model

GNI	Gross National Income
GNP	gross national product (economics)
GO	General Order
GO	Global Opportunities
GOA	Global Outstanding Assessment
GOI	Global Ordering Information
GOV	Government
GPE	Global Performance Evaluation
GRAD	Global Risk Assessment Device
GRAD	Globalisation Regionalisation And Democratization
GRI	Global Reporting Initiativen
GRI	Globally Responsible Initiative
GRN	Goods Release Note
GSA	Global Specialty Advisor
GSIE	General System for Import and Export
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline
GSoQ	Global State of Quailty
GSP	Generalized System of Preferences
GSTP	Global System of Trade Preferences
GT	Global Trading
GTI	Global Teamwork Information
GTMA	Grid Trade Master Agreement
GVC	Global Visible Commerce
GVS	Global Value Sourcing
H/H	House to House
H/P	House to Pier
hat	Harbour Acceptance Test
HAWB	House Air Waybill
HC	Hors de Commerce
HGS	Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
HID	Hot Import Days
HK	Hoeckler & Koch
HLCC	High Level Committee on Capital Markets
HNTB	Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendorff
HP	Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
HPAE	High-Performing Asian Economies
HPC	High Performance Computer
HQ	High Quality
HS	Harmonized System
HST	Harmonized Sales Tax (Canada)
HTS	Harmonized Tariff Schedule
HTSUS	Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
HWA	Hold Without Action
I-VMS	Integrated Value-Added Management System
IACCI	Israel-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce
IADB	International Aid and Development Business
IADB	Inter-American Development Bank
IAEL	International Atomic Energy List
IAFL	International Association of Forensic Linguists
IAS	International Approval Services

IATA	International Air Transport Association
IaW	Ideas at Work (Cambodia)
IBAN	International Bank Account Number
IBC	International Business Company
IBC	Israel Business Connection
IBEC	Irish Business and Employers Confederation
IBF	International Banking Facility
IBLC	International Business Law Commission
IBM	International Business Machines Corporation
IBOR	Interbank Offered Rate
IBRD	International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
IBS	International Business Systems
IBTM	International Business and Technology Managment
IBTM	International Business Travel Management
IC	International Company
IC	in Class
ICA	International Cocoa Agreement
ICA	International Co-operative Alliance
ICA	International Coffee Agreement
ICA	International Commodity Agreement
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization
ICB	International Certification Bureau
ICB	International Competitive Bidding
ICBC	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
ICC	Indian Chamber of Commerce
ICC	International Chamber of Commerce
ICC	International Coordination Center
ICEGATE	Indian Custom EDI Gateway
ICFTU	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICH	International Co-operation on Harmonization
ICOC	Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
ICoP	International Comparisons of Output and Productivity
ICP	Internal Control Program
ICPO	irrevocable corporate purchase offer
ICSID	International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
ICSW	International Consumer Satisfaction Watch
IDA	International Development Association
IDB	Inter-American Development Bank
IDCA	International Development Cooperation Agency
IDF	Import Declaration Form
IDS	International Distribution System
IDSS	INTERNATIONAL DEFENCEANS SECURITY SISTEMS LLC
IDTM	Istanbul Dünya Ticaret Merkezi
IEA	International Energy Agency (Paris)
IEC	Import/Export Code
IEE	Import and Export Emporium
IEEPA	International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977
IEICI	The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute
IEPG	Independent European Program Group
IESC	International Executive Service Corps

IF	International Fleet
IFAC	Industry Functional Advisory Committee
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
IFC	International Financial Center
IFC	International Financial Cooperation
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IFEZA	Inchon Free Economic Zone Authority
IFM	International Financial Management
IFM	International Fee Management
IFMAS	Integrated Financial Management and Accounting System
IFS	International Financial Statistics
IFSC	Indian Financial System Code
IFSC	International Financial Services Centre
IFSRA	Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority
IGF	Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farben
IGI	International Genealogical Index
IH	International Headquarters
IIB	Institute of International Business
IIC	International Information Center
IIRC	International Integrated Reporting Council
IIT	Intra-Industry Trade
IJV	International Joint Venture
IKB	Integrale Keten Beheersing
IKM	Instrumentering, kalibrering og måling
ILC	International Language Center
ILO	International Labor Organization (UN)
IMB	International Maritime Boundary
IME	Iran Mercantile Exchange
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IMI	International Market Insight
IML	international munitions list
IMMAP	Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines
IMO	International Maritime Organization
IMP	International Merchandise Procurement
IMP	International Market Place
IMPAC	International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
IMPACT	International Marketing Program for Agricultural Commodities and Trade
IMSS	International Marketing Support Scheme
INC	Incorporated
Inc.	Incorporated
INCOTERMS	International Commercial Terms
INFOSYS	Information Systems
INMDP	International and New Market Development Program
INN	International Nonproprietary Name
INP	Inequalityconstrained Nonlinear Program
INPADOC	INternational PAtent DOocumentation Center
INRA	International Nuclear Regulators Association
INS	Immigration and Naturalization Services
Int'l	International
INTELSAT	International Telecommunications Satellite Organization

INTL	International
INTRA	INTegrated Regulatory Authorities
Intraterms	International Trade Terms
IOCM	InterObjective Comparison Material
IOP	International Operations Personnel
IOS	International Outsourcing Services
IOS	Investors Overseas Services
IPBD	International Prime Brokerage Department
IPC	Illustrated Parts Catalogue
IPC	International Patent Classification
IPDR	International Project Development Roadmap
IPE	International Political Economy
IPI	International Payment Instruction
IPM	International Project Management
IPO	Internationale Pruefungs Ordnung
IPO	Initial Public Offering
IPR	International Product Registration
IPR	Intellectual Property Rights
IPTC	International Press Telecommunications Council
IPTP	Indo-Pacific Tuna Programme
IQ	International Quality
IRD	Inland Revenue Department
IRIS	International Retail Information System
IRO	International Relations Officer
IRR	Internal Rate of Return
IRS	U.S. Internal Revenue Service
ISA	Industry Subsector Analysis
ISA	International Sugar Agreement
ISAC	Industry Sector Advisory Committee
ISC	International Strategic Consulting
ISC	International Systems Consultancy
ISC	International Service Center
ISC	Intermodal Service Charge
ISCNZ	Immigration Services Centre New Zealand
ISDB	Islamic Development Bank
ISE	International Sales of Electronics
ISERD	Israel-Europe R&D Directorate
ISI	I Sell International
ISIO	International Security Industry Organization
ISM	International Success Motivation
ISM	International Success Mentoring
ITA	International Trade Administration
ITA	International Tin Agreement
ITAR	International Trade Association Regulations
ITC	International Training Centre
ITC	Indian Trade Classification
ITC	Indian Tobacco Company
ITC	International Trade Commission
ITD	International Trade Documentation
ITDS	International Trade Data System

ITEM	International Trade Element of Marketing
ITEP	International Traineeship Exchange Program
ITIC	International Trust and Investment Corporation
ITO	International Trade Office
ITPO	Investment and Technology Promotion Office (UNIDO)
ITPO	India Trade Promotion Organisation
ITS	International Turnkey Systems
IV	Import Value
IVL	Individual Validated License
IWM	Internet World Marketing
JA	Japan Agriculture
JAFZA	Jabel Ali Free Zone Area
JAM	Just American Made
JBCE	Japan Business Council in Europe
JCAR	Jordan Civil Aviation Regulation
JCIC	Joint Credit Information Center (Taiwan)
JCIT	Joint Committee for Investment and Trade
JDB	Japan Development Bank
JDM	Japan Domestic Market
JEIC	Japan Export Information Center
JEREMIE	Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises
JETRO	Japan External Trade Organization
JETS	Joint Export Training Standards
JEXIM	EXport-IMport Bank of Japan
JFM	Japanese Foreign Market
JIB	Jordan Investment Board
JICA	Japan's International Competitive Advantage
JICA	Japan International Cooperation Agency
JIPA	Japan Intellectual Property Association
JIS	Japanese Industry Standard
JR	Japan Remote
JST	Japan Science and Technology Agency
JYP	Jin-Young Park
KAP	Kosovo Albanian Partnership
KEB	Korea Exchange Bank
KEI	Korea Economic Institute
KEPZ	Karachi Export Processing Zone
KFEZ	Korea Free Economic Zone
KFTC	Korea Fair Trade Commission
KIEF	Korea-Israel Entrepreneurship Forum
KIWI	Kunduz Integrated Water Initiative
KK	Kabushiki Kaisha
KNPC	Kuwait National Petroleum Company
KPI	Key Performance Indicator
KPI	Kompressor Petrol Injection
KPMG	Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler
KPP	Kannur Power Project
KPT	Karachi Port Trust
KUIDFC	Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Financial Corporation (India)
KYI	Know Your Intermediary

l	Likelihood
L/C	Letter of Credit
LAFTA	Latin American Free Trade Association
LAIA	Latin American Integration Association
LBS	London Business School
LCB	Licensed Customs Broker
LCE	Letter of Credit Export
LCI	Letter of Credit Import
LCIA	London Court of International Arbitration
LCL	Less Container Loaded
LDA	Life Data Analysis
LDC	Least Developed Country
LDC	Less Developed Country
LDP	Landed Duty Paid
LEAF	Leading Environmentally friendly Affordable Family car (Nissan Leaf)
LEAP	License Enforcement Action Plan
LEDC	Less Economically Developed Country
LERMS	Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System
LIBID	London Inter-Bank Bid Rate
LIBOR	London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFFE	London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
LLC	Limited Liability Company
LLDCS	Lesser Developed Countries
LO	Licensing Officer
LOC	Letter Of Credit
LOI	Letter Of Intent
LOI	Letter of Indemnity
LPG	Liberalisation, Privatisation, and Globalisation
LQS	Language Quality Services
LSD	Pounds, Shillings and Pence
LTD	Limited
LTDA	Limitada
LTL	Less Than Truckload Lot
LVS	Low Value Shipment License Exception
LW	London Weighting
MAACTI	Member of Accredited Allen Carr Therapists International
MABC	Malaysia Australia Business Council
MAC	Market Access and Compliance
MBF	Malayan Banking Finance
MDB	Multilateral Development Bank
MEPZ	Madras Export Processing Zone (India)
Mfg. in USA	Manufactured in the USA
MFN	Most Favored Nation trade status (now called Normal Trade Relations)
MFPA	Master Fee Protection & Pay Order Agreement
MGR	Manager
MGT	Management
MHW	Ministry of Health and Welfare
MIA	Multinational Insurance Arrangement
MIBOR	Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate
MIC	Made in China

MICE	Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions
MIF	Multilateral Investment Fund
MIGA	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MIMC	Manitoba International Marketing Competition (Manitoba, Canada)
MIPRO	Manufactured Imports Promotion Organization
MITI	Ministry of International Trade and Industry
ML	Munitions List
MLA	Manufacturing License Agreement
MMD	mercantile marine department
MNBC	Malaysia Norway Business Council
MNC	Multi-National Corporation
MNCCI	Maldives Chamber of Commerce and Industries
MNE	Multi-National Enterprise
MOAI	Mobile Overseas Active Innovation
MOFERT	Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
MOFTEC	Ministry Of Foreign Economic Trade and Economic Cooperation
MOPS	Mean of Platts Singapore
MOS	Mercantile Office System
MOTO	Mail Order And Telephone Order
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
MPQ	Minimum Purchase Quantity
MPQ	Market Perceived Quality
MR	Mate Receipt
MRA	Mutual Recognition Agreement
MRN	Medical Record Number
MRP	Manpower Recruitment Plan
MS	Manuscript
MSA	Master Services Agreement
MSD	manufacturer shipping date
MSIT	Monthly Statistics of International Trade
MSR	Management Systems Resources
MT	missile technology
MT	Marine Terminal
MTAG	Missile Technology Advisory Group
MTC	Mill's Test Certificate
MTCR	Missile Technology Control Regime
MTE	Mercado de Trabalho em Engenharia
MTEC	Missile Technology Export Control Group
MTF	Multilateral Trading Facility
MTN	Multilateral Trade Negotiations
MTO	Multinational Trade Organization
MVNO	Mobile Virtual Network Operator
MWBE	Minority and Women owned Business Enterprises
N/A	Not Applicable
NACE	Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté Européenne
NADA	North American Dollar Area
NAEC	National Association of Export Companies
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NAS	National Air Services
NBP	National Balancing Point

NBP	National Bank of Pakistan
NCCJ	Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in Japan
NCV	No Customs Value
NDL	Norddeutsche Lloyd
NEFKOM	Nürnberg Erlangen Fürth Kommunikation
NFIA	Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency
NFT	Not for Trade
NI	Net import
NIC	Newly Industrialized Country
NLG	Network Leading Group
NLR	No License Required
NMT	Office of Nuclear and Missile Technology Controls
NNPA	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
NNPT	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
No	Next Opportunity
Norele	No related and no relevancy
NPT	Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRC	Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
NRIC	National Registration Identity Card
NRL	Nuclear Referral List
NS	National Security
NSA	National Security Agency
NSC	National Security Council
NSD	National Security Directive
NSF	National Safety Foundation
NSG	Nuclear Suppliers Group
NSO	National Security Override
NTB	Non-Tariff Barrier
NTDB	National Trade Data Bank
NTE	National Trade Estimate
NTE	New To Export
NTM	New To Market
NTO	No Tax Offshore
NTR	Normal Trade Relations
NVOCC	Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier
NWJ	Negotiating With the Japanese
NWM	Network Marketing
O&M	Organização e Métodos
O&O	Offshoring And Outsourcing
O/A	Open Account
OAC	Office of Anti-boycott Compliance
OAPEC	Organization Of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS	Organization of American States
OASIS	Operational and Administrative System for Import Support
OATU	Organisation of African Trade Unions
OAU	Organization of African Unity
OBL	Ocean Bill of Lading
OBR	Oversees Business Report
OBU	Offshore Banking Unit
OCBC	Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation

OCFB	Overseas Chinese Family Business
ODA	Official Development Assistance
ODI	One Day International
ODTC	Office Of Defense Trade Controls
OECD	Organization For Economic Co-operation And Development (international)
OEE	Office of Export Enforcement
OEEC	Organisation for European Economic Cooperation
OEIC	Open Ended Investment Companies
OEL	Office of Export Licensing
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
OEMT	Online Electronic Money Transfer
OEXS	Office of EXport Services
Of	Order Form
OFAC	Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFC	Offshore Financial Center
OFTA	United States - Oman Free Trade Agreement
OGR	Office of Government Relations
OGT	Overseas General Trading
OLI	Ownership, Location, and Internationalization
OMC	Office of Munitions Control
On	Order Now
OOFT	Office Of Fair Trade
OOM	Out Of Market
OPEC	Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPIC	Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OQR	Office of the Quartet Representative
ORA	Offshore Risk Assessment
OSS	Organization of Super Spies Rhymes with 'boss'not 'Office of Strategic Services', circa WW-TWO!
OSV	Offshore Supply Vessel
OTCEI	Over-The-Counter Exchange of India
OTCG	Offshore Transmission Coordination Group
OTDC	Orissa Turism Development Authority
OTI	Oil Treatment International (bioremediation of oil spills)
OTSS	Overseas Trade Support for Smes
OUS	Outside United States
P.C.	politically correct
P/A	Power of Attorney
P/P	Pier to Pier
PA	Port Authority
PACCS	Pakistan Customs Computerized System
PACRA	Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited
PBT	Proprietary Business Trading
PCT	Patent Cooperation Treaty
PD	Project Delivery
PEBD	Philippine European Business Directory
PEC	President's Export Council
PEFCO	Private Export Funding Corporation
PEMDI	Program for Export Market Development - Investment
PEMR	Primary Export Market Research
PEO	Pacific Economic Outlook

PEOPLE	Public Employees Organizing To Promote Legislative Equality
PEST	Political Economic Social and Technical
PFTA	Peru Free Trade Agreement
PGA	Prix Global Avantageux
PIAS	Play It Again Sam
PICA	Private Investment Company for Asia
PIIGS	Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain
PILA	Partnerships In Latin America
PIMS	Partnership Information Management Systems
PIMS	Profit Impact of Market Strategy
PIP	Partner Interface Process
PLC	Politically Limited Competitiveness
PLN	Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Indonesia State-owned power utility)
PM	Project Manager
PMG	Printer Magazines Group
POA	Power Of Attorney
POA	Price On Application
POC	Person of Contact
POD	Port Of Destination
POEA	Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
POI	Partner Of Integrity
POP	Proof of Performance
POP	Product Of Pommery
POR	Production Order Request
PP	PrePaid (Freight must be prepaid)
PP	Purchase Price
PPP	People's Progressive Party
PPTA	project preparatory technical assistance
PQA	Port Qasim Authority
PQW	Price Quotation Worksheet
PQY	Production QualitY
PRD	Production Research and Development
PRIDE	People Recognizing Individual Differences Equally
PSV	Post-Shipment Verification
PT 20	Per 20 Foot Trailer (Container)
PT 40	Per 40 Foot Trailer (Container)
PTA	Preferential Trade Area
PTA	Preferential Trade Arrangement
PTA	Preferential Trade Agreement
PTE	Pass-Through Entity
PTI	Personnel Transaction Identifier
PTIN	Preparer Tax Identification Number
PTO	Power Take Off Unit
PTP	Peru Trade Promotion
PU&D	Pick-up and Delivery
PUR	Purchase
QAG	Quality Assurance Group (TWG/TAT-14)
QE	Quantitive Easing
QEI	Quality Engineering International
QFA	Qeshm Free Area

QFEZ	Quadrant of Free Economic Zones
QFR	Quarterly Financial Report
QIB	Qatar Islamic Bank
QIT	Qatar International Trading Company
QMZ	QualitaetsMassZahlen
QO	Quality Of ....
QOI	Quality of Information
QP	Quality Performance
QP	Qualified Product
QPO	Quick Purchase Order
QPQ	Quid Pro Quo
QPZ	QualifikationsPunktZahl
QQF	Quick Quote Form
QQP	Qatar Quality Products
QRs	Quantitative Restrictions
QSC	Quality Service Certification
QST	Quebec Sales Tax
QXT	Quick Transfer Trade
QXZ	Quantity Transfer Zone
QY	Quarter Year
RACPC	Retail Assets Central Processing Centre (India)
RAKIA	RAK Investment Authority
RAMQ	Régie de l'Assurance Maladie du Québec
RBCC	Russo-British Chamber of Commerce
RBO	Regional Business Operation
RBO	Regional Business Office
RBP	Restrictive Business Practice
RBP	Regional Business Partnership
RBSA	Reserve Bank of South Africa
RDSL	Remote DSL
REBCO	Russian Export Blend Crude Oil
RECEP	Russian - European Centre for Economic Policy
RED	Communist
REIT	Real Estate Investment Trust
RFP	Request For Proposal
RFP	Request for Foreign Product
RFQ	Request For Quotation
RGIT	Representative of German Industry and Trade
RIA	Regional Integration Agreement
RIMS	Remote Intelligent Monitoring Systems
RIS	Regional Innovation Strategy
RIV	Registrar of Imported Vehicles
RMO	Regional Marketing Office
ROI	Return on Investment
ROL	Risk of Loss
RORO	Roll-On, Roll-Off
RoU	Right of Use
RR	Railroad
RR	Railroad Reporting
RS	Regional Stability

RSQ	Retail Sales Questionnaire
RSVP	Rubber Stamp Vendors Promise
RTA	Regional Trade Agreement
RTFM	Read the Fine Manual
RTFP	Regional Trade Facilitation Programme
RTP	Restrictive Trade Practices
RTPT	Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal
RVE	Retail Vision Europe
RWA	Returned Without Action
RZD	Recurring Zero Demand
SA	Sociedad Anonima
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACO	Sino-American Cooperative Organization
sacu	Southern African Customs Unions
SAFA	Sydney Association for Astrophysics
SAFTA	Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement
SAFTA	South Asian Free Trade Area
SAFTA	South Asia Free Trade Agreement
SANE	The South African New Economics
SAPTA	SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)Preferential Trading Arrangement
SASAC	State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (China)
SASGS	S&S Global Solutions
SASP	Structured Approach To Strategic Purchasing
SATS	South American Trade Services
SBA	Small Business Association
SBK	Siemens- BetriebsKrankenkasse
SCA	Sustainable Competitive Advantage
SCAC	Standard Carrier Alpha Code
SCCL	Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Latvia
SCCL	Standards Certification Customer Library (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.)
SCL	Special Comprehensive License
SCO	Senior Commercial Officer
SCOPE	Supply Chain Optimal Packaging Economiser
SCOT	Supply Chain Optimization Technology
SCS	Submarine Cable Systems
SDF	Self Declaration Form
SDN	Specially Designated National
SDR	Special Drawing Rights
SDR	Single Duty Rate
SDS	Stang Decision Systems
SDSL	Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SDT	Specially Designated Terrorist
SEA	Single European Act
SEAQ	South East Asian Quotation
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission (US)
SEC	Special Equipment Compensation
SECCI	Standard European Consumer Credit Information
SED	Special Excise Duty
SED	Shipper's Export Declaration
SEDA	Savannah Economic Development Authority

SEEC	Students Entrepreneurs And E Commerce
SEED	Support for Eastern European Democracy
SEEPZ	Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone
SEFI	Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative
SEM	Single European Market
SEM	Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd
SEPA	Single Euro Payments Area
SEPA	Single European Payments Area
SEZ	Special Economic Zone
SFCO	Soft Full Corporate Offer
SFSC	Shared Foreign Sales Corporation
SGR	Sustainable Growth Rate
SHAR	Satish Dhawan Space Center
SHIT	Ship High In Transit
SIBIN	Sikkim Binding Industries
SIC	Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
SIDA	Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority
SIL	Special Import License
SIM	School of International Management
SIMA	Special Import Measures Act
SITC	Standard International Trade Classification
SLC	Standard Local Currency: See also 'FAO' statistics:
SLI	Shipper's Letter of Instruction
SM	Star Museum
SM	Service Mark
SMART	Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time Bound (Your Dreams should be "SMART")
SMP	Securities Markets Programme
SMSS	Short Message Service Solutions
SNAP	Simplified Network Application Process
SNS	Strategic News Service
SoBe	South Beach
SOM	Share Of Market
SoP	Standard of Practice
SPAC	Services Policy Advisory Committee
SPACE	Search Project For Aspects Of Close Encounters
SPI	Special Projects International
SPICHI	Subliminal Propaganda Institute Chicago
SPIV	Special Purpose Investment Vehicles
SPN	Shipment Performance Notice
SPRO	Swedish Patent and Registration Office
SPZ	Special Promotion Zone
SR & CC	Strikes, Riots, and Civil Commotion Warranty
SRL	Società a Responsabilità Limitata
SS	Short Supply
SSE	Sheridan Square Entertainment
SSI	Standard Settlement Instructions
SSP	Strategic Subregional Partnership
STA	Scheduled Time of Arrival
START	Suggestions To Attain Revenue Together
STAT	Strategic Trade Alliance Target

STEER	Singapore-Thailand Enhanced Economic Relationship
STELA	System for Tracking Export License Applications
STM	State Trade Mission
STRIPS	Separately Tradable Registered Interest and Principal Securities
SVTP	Silicon Valley Technology Partners
SWA	Scotch Whisky Association
SWAG	YOUR GREAT/GRANPA WUZ A RICH PIRATE & YOUZE NEVER INHAIRETED ENNY OF HIZ 'SWAG'?
SWAT	Strategic Worldwide Acquisition Team
SWOT	Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
SWX	Swiss Exchange
T/R	Trust Receipt
T/T	Telegraphic Transfer
TA	Trade Assistant
taa	Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
TAA	Technical Assistance Agreement
TAAC	Trade Adjustment Assistance Center
TAAF	Trade Adjustment Assistence for Firms
TABPI	Trade Association and Business Publications International
TAC	Technical Advisory Committee
TACC	Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce
TACC	Thai American Chamber of Commerce
TACM	Transit Air Cargo Manifest
TAF	Trading Application Framework
TAFTA	Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement
TAFTA	Transatlantic Free Trade Area
TANKAN	Short-Period Economy Observation, Japan
TAP	Technical Assistance Partnership
TAPO	Trade Assistance and Planning Office
TARA	Trade Alternative Reform Action
TARGET	Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Transfer System
TARIP	TARiff and Integrated Policy
TAS	Target Account Selling
TB	Trade Balance
TBT	Technical Barriers to Trade
TCC	Trade Compliance Center
TCI	Third Country Initiative
TCIP	Turkish Catastrophic Insurance Pool
TCMD	Third Country Meat Directive
TCN	Third Country National
TDA	Trade Development Agency
TDAP	Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
TDE	Trends in Developing Economies
TDO	Temporarily Denial Order
TDO	Table of Denial Orders
TDP	Trade and Development Program
TEC	Technology, Education, and Commerce
TEC	Tarif Exterieur Common
TEDIS	Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems
TEE	Trans European Excellence
TEEP	Transnational European Evaluation Project

TESA	Technology Enhanced Student Assessment
TEU	Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
TFC	Trade Fair Certification
TFSM	Trade and Food Security Model
TGE	Trans-Global Enterprise
THC	Terminal Handling Charge
TIA	Travel Industry Association of America
TIB	Temporary Importation Under Bond (customs)
TIC	Trade Information Center
TIEA	Tax Information Exchange Agreement
TIFA	Trade Investment Framework Agreement
TIFI	Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute
TIMS	Trade Information Management System
TIP	Trade Investment Partnering
TIPS	Technique Intelligence Personality Speed
TIPS	Teleconference for Increasing Profits and Sales
TIS	Technical Interface Specification
TL	TruckLoad (freight)
TLN	The Linkable Network
TM	Traffic Manager
TM	Trademark
TM	Trade Mission
TMC	Trilateral Municipal Cooperation
TMP	Temporary Export License Exception
TNB	Transnational Bank
TNB	Transnational Business
TNC	Trade Negotiations Committee
TNT	Trade Navigation Terminal
TONAR	Tokyo Over-Night Average Rate
TOO	Target Of Opportunity
TOP	Trade Opportunities Program
TOR	Type Of Registration
TOT	Terms of Trade
TP	Trading Partner
TPA	Trading Partner Agreement
TPA	Trade Promotion Authority
TPC	Technology Partnerships Canada
TPC	Trade Policy Committee
TPCC	Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
TPIs	Trade Policy Information System
TPM	Trigger Price Mechanism
TPP	TransPacific Partnership
TPRG	Trade Policy Review Group
TPRM	Trade Policy Review Mechanism
TPWG	Trade Promotion Working Group
TQ	Technical Query
TRA	Trades Recognition Australia
tra	Trades Recognition Authority
tra	Trade Readjustment Act
TRA	Trade Reference Assistant

tra	Trade Reform Act
tra	Trade-Related Assistance
tra	Trade Readjustment Assistance
TRA	Trade Readjustment Allowance
TRIM	Trade-Related Investment Measure
TRIMS	Trade Related Investment Measures State
TRIP	Trade Related Intellectual Property
TRIPS	Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRO	Temporary Restraining Order
TS	Trade Specialist
TSR	Technology and Software Restricted License Exception
TSU	Technology and Software Unrestricted License Exception
TSUSA	Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated
TT	Telegraphic Transfer
TT	Tested Telex
TTB	Trade Testing Board
TTCP	Technology Transfer Control Plan
TTU	Trade Transportation Utilities
TTZ	Tan Thuan Emport Proccesing Zone
TUBULAR RUNNING Service	Piping and casing for Oil & gas includes equipment and associated field and main systems
TWEA	Trading with the Enemy Act
TWTO	Third World Trade Organization
TWX	Trade War proXy
TXG	Trade X Global
TXM	Technology Export Management (est. 1995; Fort Worth, TX)
TZH	Transportnet Zuid- Holland
TZI	Technologie- Zentrum Informatik
UBO	Ultimate Beneficial Owner
UCC	Uniform Commercial Code
UCP	Uniform Customs and Practices
UCPDC	Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
UCS	Universal Classification Standard
UKP	United Kingdom Pounds
UMG	Universal Music Group
UMPG	Universal Music Publishing Group
UNCDF	United Nations Capital Development Fund
UNCITRAL	United Nations Commission On International Trade Law
UNCSTD	United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Program
UNDRO	United Nations Disaster Relief Organization
UNEP	United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNITAR	United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNRISD	United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA	United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNS	United Nations Sanctions
URC	Uniform Rules for Collection
US&FCS	United States and Foreign Commercial Service

USC	United States Code (book of laws)
USCS	United States Customs Service
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
USDIA	United States Direct Investment Abroad
USDOC	United States Department of Commerce
USEC	United States Mission to the European Communities
USGPO	United States Government Printing Office
USIA	United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
USIBC	US Israel Business Council
USIS	United States Information Service
USITC	United States International Trade Commission
USP	Unique Selling Position
USPTO	United States Patent and Trademark Office
USTDA	United States Trade and Development Agency
USTR	United States Trade Representative
USTTA	United States Travel and Tourism Administration
USUN	United States Mission to the United Nations
UXZ	Unofficial Exchange Zone
VAT	Value Added Tax
VDIS	Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (India)
VEM	Values and Ethics in the Marketplace
VER	Voluntary Export Restriction
VEVO	Valued Economic Viable Opportiunity
VIP	Vision Integrity Principles
VIP	Value in Partnership
VITA	VME International Trade Association
VKX	Vietnam Korea eXchange
VKY	Visit Korea Year
VMK	Virtual Market
VMS	Vendor Management System
vocc	Vessel Operating Common Carriers
VPN	Virtual Partner Networks
VRA	Voluntary Restraint Agreement
VSF	Vérification de Situation Fiscale
vSRM	virtual Supplier Relationship Management
VVI	Verification, Validation, and Inspection
VWB	Visa Waver for Business
VWP	Visa Waiver Program
W/B	Waybill
WA	With Average
WA	Wassenaar Arrangement
WABC	Worldwide Association of Business Coaches
WADC	West African Development Commission
WBEAA	Wet Bevordering Evenredige Arbeidsdeelname Allochtonen ( Netherlands Equal Employment for Foreigners Act )
WBEG	Worldwide Benefit and Employment Guidelines
WBLZ	Shanghai Waigaoqiao Bonded Logistics Zone
WBMO	Worldwide Business Management Outsourcing
WBTF	World Business Transformation Forum
WCI	World Certification Institute
WCIBC	Western Canadian International Business Competition

WCMP	World Class Manufacturing Practices
WCN	World Chambers Network
wco	World Customs Organization's
WCOL	Worldwide Cost of Living
WCY	World Competitiveness Yearbook
WDIS	Workforce Development Information System
WEB	World Equity Benchmark
WeBOC	Web-Based One Customs
WEC	World Economic Consortium
WEDA	World Economic Development Alliance
WERC	Western EHR Regional Collaborative
WERS	World Engineering Release System
WEXC	World Energy eXport Capacity
WFDSA	World Federation of Direct Selling Association
WFFZ	World Federation of Free Zones
WFG	Wharfage
WFOE	Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise
WFTA	Wide Free Trade Area
WFTC	Wujiang Foreign Trade Corporation
WFTD	World Fair Trade Day
WFTZ	Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone
WGDA	Workforce Development Global Alliance
WGIC	Working Group Of Industrial Complementation
WHBO	Western Hemisphere Business Outlook
WHV	Working Holiday Visa
WIBR	Western Independent Bank Review
WICA	Welsh Institute for Competitive Advantage
WICC	Washington International Corporate Circle
WIIT	Women in International Trade
WIPD	World Intellectual Property Declaration
WIPN	World Intellectual Property Network
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPT	Working Integrated Process Team
WIS	Workstation Information System
WITS	World Integrated Trade Solution
WJM	We're Just Mean
WLGP	Western Libya Gas Project
WMA	World Marketing Alliance
WMD	Weapons of mass destruction
WME	World Maritime Exchange
WMEZ	Western Maricopa Enterprise Zone
WMG	Warner Music Group Corp.
WMN	Worldwide Market Network
WMO	World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
WMPF	World Market Pulp Forum
WMPN	World Marketers Partner Network
WMRC	World Markets Research Centre
WNBC	World Network Business Club
WNEC	World Nano-Economic Congress
WNR	Werkstoffnummer ( Material Number)

WNTY	Warranty
WOFC	Wholly Owned Foreign Company
WOFE	wholly-owned foreign enterprise
WOLM	Work, Organizations, and Labor Markets
WON	Work Order Number
WORF	WWW Observing Remotely Facility
WPEM	Wasserstein Perella Emerging Markets
WPHG	WertPapierHhandelsGesetz ( Securities Trading Act)
WRLR	Work Related Learning Report
WSBI	World Savings Banks Institute
WSIE	World Summit of Indigenous Entrepreneurs
WSIS	World Summit on the Information Society
WSTS	World Semiconductor Trade Statistics
WTC	World Trade Center
WTDR	World Traders Data Report
WTF	World Trade Forever
WTF	World Trade Federation
WTO	World Trade Organisation
WTO	World Tourism Organization
WTOA	World Trade Organization Agreement
WTPF	World Trade Point Federation
WTSA	Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
WTSM	World Trade Simulation Model
WTTL	Washington Tariff & Trade Letter
WTTN	Western Transportation Trade Network
WW	Week Wait
WW	World Wide
WWP	Worldwide Partners, Inc.
WWPC	World Wide Project Consortium
WWSD	World Wide Spice Demand
WWVB	Standard Time And Frequency Station, 60KHz, Fort Collins, Colorado
WWVC	WorldWide VideoConferencing
WWVH	Standard Time And Frequency Station, 2.5 Mhz, 5 Mhz, 10 Mhz, 15 Mhz, Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
WWVI	World Wide Vision Initiative
WWW	World Wide? When?
XLS	Xtra Long Stroke
XR	eXchange Rate
XRM	eXtended Relationship Management
YBD	Your Business Digital
YCM	Yorkshire Cleaning and Maintenance
yg	Yang Goon
YMMSS	Your Money Machine Success System
YPJ	Yellow Pages Japan
YRO	Year Round Operations
YYYY	Four-digit year date
ZQ	Zero Quantity
ZWP	Zero Work Pool