GENERAL  REFERENCES



Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols


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D

Abbreviation
or Acronym
Stands For
 
D.R.  [or]  DR Delivery receipt
D/A Documents against acceptance
D/P Documents against payment
DAF Delivered at frontier
DC Direct current; Documentary credit;
Dopo Christo (after Christ)
DDP Delivered duty paid
DDU Delivered duty unpaid
deg.  [or]  ° Degree
DEQ Delivered ex quay
DES Delivered ex ship
dia. Diameter
DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung
     (German Standards Institute);
Drug identification number
DIY Do-it-yourself
DM Deutsche Mark (German currency)
do. Ditto (same as above)
DOA  [or]  D/A Documents on acceptance
DOP  [or]  D/P Documents on payment
doz.  [or]  dz. Dozen
Dr. Drive
DST Daylight saving time
dwt Deadweight

 



E

Abbreviation
or Acronym
Stands For
 
E.&O.E. Errors and omissions excepted
e.g. Exempli gratia (for example)
e-mail Electronic mail
ea. each
EAN International Article Numbering
(formerly European Article Numbering)
EBBS  [or]  BBS Electronic bulletin board service
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction
     and Development
EC East Caribbean; European Community
EC Dollar East Caribbean Dollar
ECB European Central Bank
EFTA European Free Trade Agreement;
European Free Trade Association
EMC Export management company
encl. Enclosure
EPZ Export processing zone
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia
     and the Pacific (United Nations)
EST Eastern standard time
ETA Estimated (expected) time of arrival
etc. Et cetera (and so forth)
ETD Estimated (expected) time of departure
ETS Estimated (expected) time of sailing
EXW Ex works

 



F

Abbreviation
or Acronym
Stands For
 
°F Fahrenheit (degree temperature)
F.C.&S. Free of capture and seizure
F.P.A.  [or]  FPA Free of particular average
F.S.R.&C.C. Free of strikes, riots and civil commotions
FAK Freight all kinds
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAS Free alongside ship
fax Facsimile
FCA Free carrier
FCL Full carload; Full container load
FI Free in
FIFO First in, first out
FIO Free in and out
FO Free out
FOB Free on board
FOR Free on rail
FOT Free on truck
FPA Free of particular average (in insurance)
Franc CFA Franc de la Colonies Francais d'Afrique;
Franc de la Communauté Financière
     Africaine
Franc CFP Franc des Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique
FRP Fiberglass reinforced plastic
FT Free trade
ft.  [or]  ' Feet (plural); Foot (singular)
FTL Full truckload
FTZ Foreign trade zone; Free trade zone

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G

Abbreviation
or Acronym
Stands For
 
G.A. General average
G.I. Galvanized iron
G.W.  [or]  Gr. Wt. Gross weight
galv. Galvanized
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
GDP Gross domestic product
gm. Gram
GMT  [or]  G.M.T. Greenwich Mean Time
gr. Grade; Grain; Gross
GS Geprüft Standard (TÜV tested standard)
GSP Generalised System of Preferences

 



H

Abbreviation
or Acronym
Stands For
 
h.p. Horsepower
H.R. Hot rolled; Human resources
HAWB House air waybill
HB Brinell hardness number
HCV Home consumption value
hicube High cube container
HRC Rockwell hardness (C scale)
HS Harmonized System
     (Harmonized Commodity Description
     and Coding System);
Shore scleroscope number
HSS High speed steel
HTSUS Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
     United States
HV Vickers hardness number
Hz Hertz (cycles per second)


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