GLOSSARY - GLOSSARY (ACRONYMS) - Foreign Trade Procedure (RE - 2010) / 2009-14 (From 23-8-2010)

GLOSSARY (ACRONYMS) Acronym Explanation ACC Assistant Commissioner of Customs ACU Asian Clearing Union AEZ Agri Export Zone ANF Aayaat Niryaat Form ARO Advance Release Order ASIDE Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development of Exports BG Bank Guarantee BIFR Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction BOA Board of Approval BOT Board of Trade BRC Bank Realisation Certificate BTP Biotechnology Park CBEC Central Board of Excise and Customs CCP Customs Clearance Permit CEA Central Excise Authority CEC Chartered Engineer Certificate CIF Cost, Insurance Freight CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CoD Cash on Delivery CoO Certificate of Origin CVD Countervailing Duty DA Document against Acceptance DoBT Department of Bio Technology DC Development Commissioner DEPB Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme DFIA Duty Free Import Authorisation DFRC Duty Free Replenishment Certificate DGCI S Director General, Commercial Intelligence Statistics DGFT Director General of Foreign Trade DIPP Department of Industrial Policy Promotion DoC Department of Commerce DoE Department of Electronics DoIT Department of Information Technology DoR Department of Revenue DoT Department of Tourism DTA Domestic Tariff Area EDI Electronic Data Interchange EEFC Exchange Earners' Foreign Currency EFC Exim Facilitation Committee EFT Electronic Fund Transfer EH Export House EHTP Electronic Hardware Technology Park EIC Export Inspection Council EO Export Obligation EODC Export Obligation Discharge Certificate EOP Export Obligation Period EOU Export Oriented Unit EPC Export Promotion Council EPCG Export Promotion Capital Goods EPO Engineering Process Outsourcing FDI Foreign Direct Investment FIEO Federation of Indian Export Organisation FIRC Foreign Exchange Inward Remittance Certificate FMS Focus Market Scheme FOB Free On Board FPS Focus Product Scheme FT (D R) Act Foreign Trade ( Development Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992) FTDO Foreign Trade Development Officer FTP Foreign Trade Policy GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GRC Grievance Redressal Committee HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Co Foreign Trade Development Officer HBP v1 Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1) HBP v2 Handbook of Procedures (Vol.2) ICD Inland Container Depot ICM Indian Commercial Mission IEC Importer Exporter Code ISO International Standards Organisation ITC (HS) Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) Classification for Export Import Items, 2004-2009 ITPO India Trade Promotion Organisation LoC Line of Credit LoI Letter of Intent LoP Letter of Permit LUT Legal Undertaking MAI Market Access Initiative MDA Market Development Assistance MEA Ministry of External Affairs MoD Ministry of Defence MoF Ministry of Finance NC Norms Committee NFE Net Foreign Exchange NOC No Objection Certificate PRC Policy Relaxation Committee PTH Premier Trading House PSU Public Sector Undertaking R D Research and Development RA Regional Authority RBI Reserve Bank of India REP Replenishment RCMC Registration-cum-Membership Certificate RSCQC Regional Sub-Committee on Quality Complaints S/B Shipping Bill SHE Star Export House SEICMM Software Engineers Institute's Capability Maturity Model SEZ Special Economic Zone SFIS Served from India Scheme SIA Secretariat for Industrial Assistance SION Standard Input Output Norms SSI Small Scale Industry STE State Trading Enterprise STH Star Trading House STP Software Technology Park TEE Towns of Export Excellence TH Trading House TRA TRQ Telegraphic Release Advice Tariff Rate Quota VA Value Addition VKGUY Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana WHOGMP World Health Organisation Good Manufacturing Practices