Glossary - Independent Freight Solutions

A.TR1 An A.TR document enables goods to qualify for tariff preferences on imports and exports between the EC and Turkey

ABCC Arab British Chamber of Commerce

ADR EU agreement for international carriage of dangerous goods by road

ATA Carnet Admission Temporaire Temporary Admission (document) -The ATA Carnet is an international customs document that allows the holder to temporarily (up to one year) import goods without payment of normally applicable duties and taxes, including value-added taxes.

AWB Air Waybill (document)

B/L or BOL Bill of Lading (document used in sea freight)

BAF Cubic Feet BIFA British International Freight Association

BIFA British International Freight Association

BOND guarantee to Customs for payment of duty or tax

C/NEE Consignee

C/NOR Consignor

C/O or C of O Certificate of Origin (document to proof origin of goods/freight can give C/NEE some preferential discounts when calculating the duty %)

C88 Document used in customs clearance confirms clearance and duty and import vat calculated. Must be passed to the customer/C/NEE

CAF Currency Adjustment Factor - for sea freight rates

CBM Cubic Metre

C&F Cost & Freight (not in INCOTERMS 1990)

CF Cubic Feet

CFR INCOTERM Cost & Freight (named port of destination)

CFS Container Freight Station

CHIEFS The UK Customs electronic system for both export and import transactions

CIF INCOTERM Cost Insurance & Freight (named port of destination)

CMR Convention Merchandises Par Routes (conditions for the international carriage of goods by road)

CPT Carriage Paid To (named destination) (INCOTERM)

CRN Customs Registered Number - Customs Registered Number - a unique 5 digit number assigned by HM Revenue & Customs to an exporter or agent approved to use one or more of the following export procedures: Simplified Clearance Procedure (SCP); Local Export Control (LEC) and Period Entry.

CTC Customs Tariff Code, now harmonised virtually world-wide

D/O Delivery Order

DAN Deferment Account Number - used at customs clearance stage of an import

DAP Delivered at place (INCOTERM)

DAT Delivered at terminal (INCOTERM)

DDP Delivered Duty Paid (INCOTERM)

DDU Delivered Duty Unpaid. This is an INCOTERM however this has now been replaced with DAT &DAP.

DES delivered Ex Ship (named port of destination) (INCOTERM)

DGN Dangerous Goods Note, they vary according to transport mode

EAD Export Accompanying Document - which is needed to show that your goods have left the EU

ECI Export Consignment Identifier

E&OE Errors & Omissions Excepted

EORI Economic operator registration and identification

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETD Estimated Time of Departure

ETS Estimated Time of Sailing

EUR1 A form to claim preferential duty rates on goods being exported to countries with which the EC has a preferential trading agreement.

EXW ex Works (named place) (INCOTERM)

FAB Flown as Booked

FAC Forwarding Agents Commission

FAK Freight of All Kinds

FCL Full Container Load

FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association

FOB Free On Board (INCOTERM)

FOC Free Of Charge

FOT free on Truck (no longer INCOTERMS 90) still comes up with Road freight quotes

GDM Goods Departed Message

GRS WT Gross Weight

GSP Generalised System of Preferences

HAWB House Airway Bill

IATA International Air Transport Association

ICD Inland Container Depot

INCOTERM Sales term incorporated within the contract of sale. Incoterm’s identify the obligations placed on the parties to the contracts.

IPR Inward Processing Relief

ISO International Standards Organisation

L/C Letter of Credit, of which there are several, forms

LCL Less than full Container Load

LO/LO Lift On / Lift Off - term used for lift containers from the floor to the truck- shipping lines charge fees for this if not using their truck to deliver

MAWB Master Air Waybill

NES New Export System - is an electronic based system that enables exporters/agents to send their export declarations to HM Revenue & Customs electronically. We used a customer broker or ask our supplier to take care of this on our behalf for a fee.

NET WT Net Weight

NOA Notice of arrival – document sent by shipping line or forwarder (our supplier) when a ship/vessel is due into port we mainly see this on Sea freight imports

OGL or OGEL Open General License

OPR Outward Processing Relief

POA Place of Acceptance

POD Proof of Delivery

Post Entry UK Customs export declaration up to 14 days after shipment

Pre Entry UK Customs export declaration prior to delivering to the carrier

RHA Road Haulage Association

RO / RO Roll-On / Roll-Off

S/N Shipping Note

SOB Shipped On Board

SAD Single Administrative Document

SSN Standard Shipping Note

T/T Telegraphic Transfer

TARE Weight of a container without goods

THC Terminal Handling Charge – one of the fees charged by our suppliers for sea freight

TIR Transport Internationale Routiers

TURN Trader Unique Reference Number (renamed DAN number)

W/M Weight or Measure, basis for sea freight rates

WTO World Trade Organisation (formally GATT)