Glossary List

DGFT Abbreviations
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1 Aayat Niryat Form ANF
2 Actual User Condition AUC
3 Advance Authorisation AA
4 Advance Release Order ARO
5 Agri Export Zone AEZ
6 All Industry Rates of Drawback AIR-DBK
7 Appendices and Aayat Niryat Form AANF
8 Approved Exporters Scheme AES
9 Asia Pacific Trade Arrangement APTA
10 Association of South-East Asian Nations ASEAN
11 Bank Guarantee BG
12 Basic Customs Duty BCD
13 Bio-Technology Parks BTP
14 Board of Approval BOA
15 Board of Trade BOT
16 Brand Rate of Drawback
17 Bureau of Indian Standards BIS
18 Capital Goods CG
19 Central Product Classification CPC
20 Certificate of Origin CoO
21 Certificate of Registration as Exporter of Spices CRES
22 Chartered Engineer Certificate CEC
23 Chip Import Monitoring system CHIPS
24 Coal Import Monitoring system CIMS
25 Committee on Quality Complaints & Trade Disputes CQCTD
26 Common Effluent Treatment Facility CETF
27 Common Service Provider CSP
28 Completely Knocked Down CKD
29 Denied Entity List DEL
30 Department of Commerce DoC
31 Department of Economic Affairs DEA
32 Department of Electronics and Information Technology DeitY
33 Department of Revenue DoR
34 Development Commissioner DC
35 Diamond Dollar Accounts DDA
36 Directorate General of Foreign Trade DGFT
37 Domestic Tariff Area DTA
38 Duty Exemption Schemes DES
39 Duty Free Import Authorisation DFIA
40 Duty Remission Schemes DRS
41 Ease of Doing Business EoDB
42 Electronic Bank Realisation Certificate E-BRC
43 Electronic Fund Transfer EFT
44 Electronic-Importer Exporter Code e-IEC
45 Electronics Hardware Technology Parks EHTP
46 Enforcement Cum Adjudication ECA
47 EPCG Committee
48 Exchange Earners Foreign Currency EEFC
49 Exim facilitation Committee EFC
50 Export Credit Guarantee Corporation ECGC
51 Export House Certificate EHC
52 Export Import EXIM
53 Export Obligation EO
54 Export Obligation Discharge Certificate EODC
55 Export Obligation Period EOP
56 Export Oriented Units EOU
57 Export Promotion Council EPC
58 Export Promotion of capital Goods EPCG
59 Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act FT(D&R) Act
60 Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules FT Rules
61 Foreign Trade Development Officer FTDO
62 Foreign Trade Policy FTP
63 Free On Board FOB
64 Free Sale and Commerce Certificate FSC
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65 Free Trade Agreement FTA
66 Free Trade and Warehousing Zone FTWZ
67 Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council G&JEPC
68 General Agreement on Trade in Services GATS
69 Handbook of Procedure HBP
70 Importer Exporter Code IEC
71 Indian Trade Classification Harmonised System Nomenclature ITC HSN
72 Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum IEM
73 Inter-Ministerial Working Group IMWG
74 Invalidation Letter IL
75 Legal Undertaking LUT
76 Letter of Approval LoA
77 Letter of Credit LC
78 Letter of Intent LoI
79 Letter of Permission LoP
80 Market Access Initiative MAI
81 Market Development Assistance MDA
82 Merchandise Exports from India Scheme MEIS
83 Mutual Recognition Agreements MRA
84 National Competitive Bidding NCB
85 Net Foreign Exchange NFE
86 No Objection Certificate NOC
87 Non-Ferrous Metals Import Monitoring System NFMIMS
88 Non-Infringing NI
89 Norms Committee NC
90 Paper Import Monitoring System PIMS
91 Personal Hearing PH
92 Policy Interpretation Committee PIC
93 Policy Relaxation Committee PRC
94 Preferential Trade Agreement PTA
95 Pre-Shipment Inspection Agency PSIA
96 Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificate PSIC
97 Rebate of State and Central Levies and Taxes RoSCTL
98 Rebate of State Levies RoSL
99 Regional Authority RA
100 Registered Exporter System REX
101 Registration Certificate RC
102 Registration Cum Allocation Certificate RCAC
103 Registration Cum Membership Certificate RCMC
104 Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products RoDTEP
105 Replenishment REP
106 Restricted License RL
107 Semi-Knocked Down SKD
108 Service Accounting Code SAC
109 Service Exports from India Scheme SEIS
110 Software Technology Park of India STPI
111 Software Technology Parks STP
112 South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement SAPTA
113 Special Chemicals,Organisms, Materials, Equipments and Technologies SCOMET
114 Special Economic Zones SEZ
115 Standard Input Output Norms SION
116 Star Trading House STH
117 State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation SIIC
118 State Level Export Promotion Committee SLEPC
119 State Trading Corporation STC
120 State Trading Enterprises STE
121 State Trading Regime STR
122 Steel Import Monitoring System SIMS
123 Tariff Rate Quota TRQ
124 Terminal Excise Duty TED
125 Transport and Marketing Assistance TMA
126 Value Addition VA
Subsidy Abbreviations
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1 Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority APEDA
2 Common Facility Centres CFCs
3 Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion DIPP
4 Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme TUFS
5 Ministry of Foods Processing Industries MoFPI
6 National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development NABARD
7 National Horticulture Board NHB
8 National Horticulture Mission NHM
9 Agriculture Infrastructure Fund AIF
10 Integrated Cold Chain ICC
11 Creation / Expansion of Food Processing / Preservation Capacities CEFPPC
12 Agro Processing Cluster APC
13 Mega Food Park MFP
14 Operations Greens OG
15 Food Testing Laboratories FTL
16 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana PMKSY
17 Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme PMFME
18 Term Loan TL
19 Project Cost PC
20 Means of Finance MF
21 Bank Appraisal Note / Report Bank-AR
22 Detailed Project Report DPR
23 Farmer Producer Organization FPO
24 Production Linked Incentives Scheme PLI
25 Creation of Backward & Forward Linkage CBFL
26 National Livestock Mission NLM
27 Poultry Venture Capital Fund PVCF
28 Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme TUFs
29 Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme CLCS
30 Industrial Development Policy IDP
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31 Non-Banking Financial Company NBFC
32 Post-harvest Management PHM
33 Centrally Sponsored Scheme CSS
34 District Level Committee DLC
35 Project Monitoring Unit PMU
36 Project Approval Committee PAC
37 Department of Fisheries DoF
38 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana RKVY
39 Credit Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro & Small Enterprises CGTMSE
40 District Industries Centre DIC
41 Food Park FP
42 Industrial Area IA
43 Industrial Estate IE
44 Private Park PP
45 Integrated Infrastructure Development Centre IIDC
46 Export Promotion Industrial Park EPIP
47 Industrial Growth Centre IGC
48 Integrated Food Park IFP
49 Industrial Complex IC
50 Industrial Corridor ICR
51 Biotechnology Park BP
52 Industrial Park IP
53 Expression of Interest EoI
54 One District One Product ODOP
55 National Seeds Corporation NSC
56 Rural Godown RG
57 Marine Products Export Development Authority MPEDA
58 Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme DEDS
59 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program PMEGP
60 Zero Defect Zero Effect ZED
Customs Abbreviations
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1 Accredited Clients Programme ACP
2 Asian Clearing Union ACU
3 Authorised Dealer Code AD Code
4 Authorised Economic Operator AEO
5 Bank Guarantee BG
6 Brand Rate of Drawback
7 Cash on Delivery COD
8 Central Board of Excise & Customs CBEC
9 Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs CBIC
10 Central Excise Authority CEA
11 Central Excise Duty CED
12 Central Value Added tax CENVAT
13 Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement CECA
14 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement CEPA
15 Container Freight Station CFS
16 Cost, Insurance & Freight CIF
17 Countervailing Duty CVD
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18 Customs Clearance Audit CCP
19 Document against Acceptance DA
20 Duty Drawback DBK
21 Electronic Data Interchange EDI
22 Export General Manifest EGM
23 Import General Manifest IGM
24 Risk Management System RMS
25 Shipping Bill SB
26 Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade SWIFT
27 Free on Board FOB
28 Free Alongside Ship FAS
29 Ex Works EXW
30 Free Carrier FCA
31 Carriage Paid To CPT
32 Deliver At Terminal DAT
33 Delivered At Place DAP
34 Delivered Duty Paid DDP
35 Cost And Freight CFR