| ACC |
Assistant Commissioner of Customs |
| ACU |
Asian Clearing Union |
| AEZ |
Agri Export Zone |
| ANF |
Aayaat Niryaat Form |
| ARO |
Advance Release Order |
| ASIDE |
Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development of Exports |
| BG |
Bank Guarantee |
| BIFR |
Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BoA |
Board of Approval |
| BoT |
Board of Trade |
| BRC |
Bank Realisation Certificate |
| BTP |
Bio Technology Park |
| CBEC |
Central Board of Excise and Customs |
| CCP |
Customs Clearance Permit |
| CEA |
Central Excise Authority |
| CEC |
Chartered Engineer Certificate |
| CIF |
Cost, Insurance & Freight |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CoD |
Cash on Delivery CoO Certificate of Origin CVD Countervailing Duty |
| DA |
Document against Acceptance DoBT Department of Bio Technology DC Development
Commissioner |
| DEPB |
Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme |
| DFIA |
Duty Free Import Authorisation |
| DFRC |
Duty Free Replenishment Certificate |
| DGCI&S |
Director General, Commercial Intelligence & Statistics |
| DGFT |
Director General of Foreign Trade |
| DIPP |
Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion |
| DoC |
Department of Commerce |
| DoE |
Department of Electronics |
| DoIT |
Department of Information Technology |
| DoR |
Department of Revenue DoT Department of Tourism DTA Domestic Tariff Area |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EEFC |
Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency |
| EFC |
Exim Facilitation Committee |
| EFT |
Electronic Fund Transfer |
| EH |
Export House |
| EHTP |
Electronic Hardware Technology Park |
| EIC |
Export Inspection Council |
| EO |
Export Obligation |
| EOP |
Export Obligation Period |
| EOU |
Export Oriented Unit |
| EPC |
Export Promotion Council |
| EPCG |
Export Promotion Capital Goods EPO Engineering Process Outsourcing FDI
Foreign Direct Investment |
| FIEO |
Federation of Indian Export Organisation |
| FIRC |
Foreign Exchange Inward Remittance Certificate |
| FMS |
Focus Market Scheme |
| FOB |
Free On Board |
| FPS |
Focus Product Scheme |
| FTP |
Foreign Trade Policy |
| GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GRC |
Grievance Redressal Committee |
| HACCP |
Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Process |
| HBP v1 |
Hand Book of Procedures (Vol. 1) HBP v2 Hand Book of Procedures (Vol. 2)
ICD Inland Container Depot |
| ICM |
Indian Commercial Mission |
| IEC I |
mporter Exporter Code |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| ITC (HS) |
Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) Classification for
Export & Import Items, 2004-2009 |
| ITPO |
India Trade Promotion Organisation |
| LoC |
Line of Credit LoI Letter of Intent LoP Letter of Permit |
| LUT |
Legal Under Taking |
| MAI |
Market Access Initiative |
| MDA |
Market Development Assistance |
| MEA |
Ministry of External Affairs |
| MoD |
Ministry of Defence MoF Ministry of Finance NC Norms Committee |
| NFE |
Net Foreign Exchange |
| NOC |
No Objection Certificate |
| PRC |
Policy Relaxation Committee |
| PTH |
Premier Trading House |
| PSU |
Public Sector Undertaking R&D Research and Development RA Regional Authority |
| RBI |
Reserve Bank of India |
| REP |
Replenishment |
| RCMC |
Registration-cum-Membership Certificate |
| RSCQC |
Regional Sub-Committee on Quality Complaints |
| S/B |
Shipping Bill |
| SEH |
Star Export House |
| SEI |
CMM Software Engineers Institute’s Capability Maturity Model |
| SEZ |
Special Economic Zone |
| SFIS |
Served from India Scheme |
| SIA |
Secretariat for Industrial Assistance |
| SION |
Standard Input Output Norms |
| SSI |
Small Scale Industry |
| STE |
State Trading Enterprise |
| STH |
Star Trading House |
| STP |
Software Technology Park TEE Towns of Export Excellence TH Trading House |
| TRQ |
Tariff Rate Quota |
| VA |
Value Addition |
| VKGUY |
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana |
| WHOGMP |
World Health Organisation Good Manufacturing Practices |