Wednesday, March 9, 2011

International Trade Acronyms

Welcome to our weekly list of acronyms used in international trade.  The acronyms found here represent terms used in logistics, imports, exports, government agencies and more.  This week we cover acronyms that start with “C.”    Since there are over 40 acronyms in the list, we will review  the first 25 this week and the remainder next week.   Please feel free to contribute additional acronyms to the list.

CAF Currency Adjustment Factor
CAFC Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
CAFRA Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act
CAFTA-DR Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. FTA
CAP Classification Assistance Program
CAPPS Customs Automated Port Profile System
CAPSTAN Computer Aided Planned Stowage and Networking System
CAS Chemical Abstract Service
CAT Compliance Assessment Team
CATAIR Customs & Trade Automated Interface Requirements
CBERA Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
CBP U.S. Customs & Border Protection
 CBTPA Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
CCAS Customs Commercial Advisory Service
CCATS Commerce Classification Automated Tracking System
CCCN Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature
CCL Commerce Control List
CCSF Certified Cargo Screening Facility
 CCSP Certified Cargo Screening Program
CERTS Cargo Enforcement Reporting & Tracking System
CES Centralized Examination Station
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFR Cost & Freight (Incoterms)
CFS Container Freight Station
CFTA U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement
CHB Customhouse Broker

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