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A

Accessorial Service

ACE (Automated Commercial Environment)

ACH (Automated Clearinghouse)

Ad Valorem Duty

Ad Valorem Freight

Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS)

Advice of Shipment

AEO (Authorized Economic Operator)

Affreightment, Contract of

Air Freight Forwarder

All Commodity Rate

All Inclusive Rate (AI)

Allowed Free Time

Also Notify Party

AMS (Automated Manifest System)

Antidumping Duty (ADD)

API (Application Programming Interface)

Automated Broker Interface (ABI)

B

BCO (Beneficial Cargo Owner)

Bill of Lading (BOL)

BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security)

Bonded Warehouse

Break Bulk Cargo

Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)

C

C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)

CAFTA-DR (Central America-Dominican Republic FTA)

CAPE (Customs Audit & Post-Entry)

Cargo Insurance

Carrier Booking

Carrier’s Performance Statement

CBP Form 28 (Request for Information)

CBP Form 29 (Notice of Action)

Certificate of Origin (C/O)

Chargeable Weight

CIF (Cost, Insurance, Freight)

COGSA (Carriage of Goods by Sea Act)

Collect On Delivery (COD)

Commercial Invoice

Compliance Statement

Container Discharge

Container Freight Station (CFS)

Container Milestones

Container Number

Container Stuffing

Container Yard (CY)

Continuous Bond

Countervailing Duty (CVD)

Country of Origin

CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)

CTPAT Trade Compliance

Customs Brokerage

Customs Release

D

Date of Container Availability

Deadweight Tonnage (DWT)

Deductive Value

Demurrage Charges

Denied Party Screening

E

EAR (Export Administration Regulations)

Earliest Return Date (for Exports)

ECCN (Export Control Classification Number)

EEI (Electronic Export Information)

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Entry Summary (CBP Form 7501)

ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)

Exception Alerts

Expedited Shipment

F

FCL (Full Container Load)

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

First Sale Rule

Flat Rack Container

Focused Assessment

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)

Free on Board (FOB)

Freight Forwarder

FTA (Free Trade Agreement)

Fuel Surcharge (FSC)

Full Truckload (FTL)

FWS (Fish & Wildlife Service)

G

GSP (Generalized System of Preferences)

H

Harmonized System (HS) Code

HMF (Harbor Maintenance Fee)

HTS (Harmonized Tariff Schedule)

HTSUS (Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States)

I

IE (Immediate Exportation)

Importer of Record (IOR)

Inbound Logistics

Incoterms (International Commercial Terms)

Inland Container Logistics

Intermodal Transportation

ISA (Importer Self-Assessment)

ISF (Importer Security Filing / 10+2)

IT (Immediate Transportation)

ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations)

J

Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory

K

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

L

Last Free Day (LFD)

Last-Mile Delivery

LCL (Less than Container Load)

Less-Than-Truckload (LTL)

Letter of Credit (L/C)

Lift-on/Lift-off (LoLo)

Line-Haul Shipment

Logistics Management

M

Marine Terminal Operators (MTO)

MPF (Merchandise Processing Fee)

Must-Arrive-By Date (MABD)

N

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)

O

Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA)

OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control)

On Time Delivery Rate

Open Top Container

Order Fulfillment

Out-of-Gauge (OOG)

P

Paperless Trade

PGA (Partner Government Agency)

Phytosanitary Certificate

Place of Delivery

Place of Receipt

Port Congestion

Port of Discharge

Port of Lading (Loading)

Post-Entry Amendment

Post-Summary Correction (PSC)

Power of Attorney (POA)

Pre-Alert / Arrival Notice

Prior Disclosure

Pro Forma Invoice

Protest (CBP Form 19)

Q

R

Real-Time Visibility

Reasonable Care

Recordkeeping (5-Year Requirement)

Reefer Container

Related Party Transaction

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Reverse Logistics

RoRo (Roll-on/Roll-off)

S

Section 232 Tariffs

Section 301 Tariffs

Shipper’s Letter of Instruction (SLI)

Shipping Instructions

Short-Sea Shipping

Single Entry Bond

Start and End Dates of Free Time

Steamship Line (SSL)

Substantial Transformation

Supply Chain Visibility

T

T&E (Transportation & Exportation)

Tariff Engineering

TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)

TMS (Transportation Management System)

Total Amount Due

Transaction Value

U

Unit Load Device (ULD)

USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)

USMCA Certificate of Origin

V

Verified Gross Mass (VGM)

Vessel Schedule Reliability

Vessel Tracking

W

Warehouse Management

Y

Z