ACP
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
Trade Acronyms
AD
Antidumping
AD VAL
Ad Valorem Tariff Rate
AFDF
African Development Fund
AGOA
African Growth and Opportunity Act
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APTA
Automotive Products Trade Act
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATA
Admission Temporaire (temporary admission)
ATAC(s)
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee(s)
ATC
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
ATPA
Andean Trade Preference Act
AUI
ASEAN-United States Initiative
AVE
Ad Valorem Equivalent
BDV
Brussels Definition of Value
BIA
Best Information Available
BIRPI
United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BIT
Bilateral Investment Treaty
BNC
Binational Commission
BOND
Business Outreach to New Democracies (program)
BOP
Balance of Payments
BOT
Balance of Trade
BTN
Brussels Tariff Nomenclature
C&F
Cost and Freight (Incoterm)
CAP
Common Agricultural Policy (EU)
CARIBCAN
Canadian-Caribbean Basin Initiative
CARICOM
Caribbean Common Market
CBERA
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
CBI
Caribbean Basin Initiative
CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCCN
Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature
CCL
Commerce Control List (formerly Commodity Control List)
CCNAA
Coordination Council for North American Affairs (Taiwan)
CCPIT
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
CEA
Chinese Economic Area
CEP
Constructed Export Price
CER
Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations
CET
Common External Tariff
CFIUS
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
CFR
Cost and Freight (Incoterm)
CFTA
United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement
CG-18
Consultative Group of Eighteen (GATT)
CIF
Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Incoterm)
CIME
Committee on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises (OECD)
CIP
Carriage and Insurance Paid (Incoterm)
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CIT
United States Court of International Trade
CITA
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
CITIC
China International Trust and Investment Corporation
CITT
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
CIV
Customs Import Value
CMP
Country Marketing Plan
CNUSA
Commercial News USA, U.S. Department of Commerce
COCOM
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
CODEX
Codex Alimentarius Commission
COE
Council of Europe
COMECON
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
COP
Cost of Production
CP
Contracting Party
CPT
Carriage Paid to (Incoterm)
CSCE
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CT
Countertrade
CTA
Committee on Trade in Agriculture (GATT)
CV
Constructed Value
CVD
Countervailing Duty
CXT
Common External Tariff
DAC
Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
DAF
Delivered at Frontier (Incoterm)
DAV
Domestic Added Value
DDP
Delivered Duty Paid (Incoterm)
DDU
Delivered Duty Unpaid (Incoterm)
DEQ
Delivered Ex Quay (Incoterm)
DES
Delivered Ex Ship (Incoterm)
DF
Duty Free
DISC
Domestic International Sales Corporation
DOC
United States Department of Commerce
DS
Dispute Settlement
DSU
Dispute Settlement Understanding (i.e., WTO Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Sett
EAA
Export Administration Act (United States)
EAEC
East Asia Economic Caucus
EAI
Enterprise for the Americas Initiative
EAPC
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EAR
Export Administration Regulations (United States)
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC
European Community
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECB
European Central Bank
ECCN
Export Control Classification Number
ECDC
Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECGF
Export Credit Guarantee Facility
ECS
Échantillons Commerciaux (commercial samples)
ECSB
European System of Central Banks
ECSC
European Coal and Steel Community
ECU
European Currency Unit
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EEA
European Economic Area
EEC
European Economic Community
EEP
Export Enhancement Program (United States)