| A |
|
| ABEC |
Local
express association in Bolivia: Asociación Boliviana
de Empresas Courier |
| ABF |
Americas
Business Forum |
| ABRAEC |
Local
express association in Brazil: Associação
Brasileira das Empresas de Transporte Internacional Expresso
de Cargas |
| ACBD |
APEC
Customs - Business Dialogue |
| ACC |
Local
express association in Chile: Asociación de Couriers
de Chile |
| ACCA |
Air
Courier Conference of America (now called XLA or Express
Delivery & Logistics Association) |
| ACS |
Association
of Caribbean States |
| Addressee |
See
Consignee |
| AEATT |
Local
express association in Trinidad and Tobago: Air Express
Association of Trinidad & Tobago |
| AEER |
Local
express association in Costa Rica: Asociación de
Empresas de Entrega Rápida |
| AESEP |
Local
express association in Panama: Asociación de Empresas
de Servicio Expreso de Panamá |
| Air
Way Bill |
Air
Way Bill. a document of affreightment used to cover the
movement of goods by air. See also HAWB. |
| AJECC |
Local
express association in Jamaica: Association of Jamaican
Express Courier Companies |
| ALADI |
Association
of Latin American Integration |
| ALCA |
See
FTAA |
| ANCH |
Local
express association in Honduras: Asociación Nacional
de Couriers de Honduras |
| Andean
Pact |
Common
market of the Andean region that includes Peru, Bolivia,
Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia, founded in 1969. |
| ANMEC |
Local
express association in Mexico: Asociación Nacional
Mexicana de Empresas Courier |
| APEC |
Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APECO |
Local
express association in Paraguay: Asociación Paraguaya
de Empresas Courier |
| APESE |
Local
express association in Peru: Asociación Peruana
de Empresas de Servicio Expreso |
| ASEAN |
Association
of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASEME |
Local
express association in Ecuador: Asociación Ecuatoriana
de Mensajerķa Especializada |
| ASODEC |
Local
express association in the Dominican Republic: Asociación
Dominicana de Empresas Courier |
| ASONIC |
Local
express association in Nicaragua: Asociación de
Courier de Nicaragua |
| ASOVEC |
Local
express association in Venezuela: Asociación Venezolana
de Empresas de Mensajerķa y Transporte Expreso |
| ASYCUDA |
Automated
Systems for Customs Data |
| AUDESE |
Local
express association in Uruguay: Asociación Uruguaya
de Empresas de Servicio Expreso |
| AWB |
See
Air Way Bill |
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| B |
|
| BAEA |
Local
express association in Barbados: Barbados Air Express
Association |
| Bonded
Warehouse |
A
privately owned warehouse which is licensed by the Customs
Authorities, in which goods subject to the control of Customs
may be stored without the payment of duties. The owners
of the warehouse must normally give a bond to Customs
for the duty on the goods held in the store, hence the
common name, BOND. |
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|
| C |
|
| C-TPAT |
Customs
-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. A U.S. Customs and
Border Patrol program
to enhance national security in the cargo industry. |
| C
& F |
Cost
and Freight: A trading term used in the sale of goods
to denote that the price includes the main freight to
the named port of destination. Also refer to: Incoterms
& other trading terms
|
| C
& I |
Cost
and Insurance: A trading term used in the sale of goods
to denote that the price includes the costs to the port
of export and marine insurance to the destination. Also
refer to: Incoterms & other trading terms
|
| CACM |
Central
American Common Market |
| CAPSIA |
Local
express association in Argentina: Cámara Argentina
de Proveedores de Servicios Internacionales Aeroexpresos |
| CARICOM |
Caribbean
Community and Common Market |
| CCMA |
Canadian
Courier and Messenger Association |
| Certificate
of Origin |
Certificate
issued by an approved body in the country of origin which
attests to the origin of goods. Chambers of Commerce are
normally approved bodies. |
| CEPAL |
Economic
Commission for Latin America |
| C.I.F. |
Cost,
Insurance and Freight: A trading term used in the sale
of goods to denote that the price includes the main freight
and marine insurance costs to port of destination. Also
refer to: Incoterms & other trading terms |
| CLADEC |
Caribbean
and Latin American Express Delivery Conference |
| CLADEC
Guatemala |
Local
express association in Guatemala |
| Consignee |
Person
or firm designated as receptor or addressee of a shipment |
| Consignor |
Also
known as sender or shipper, it is the individual, company
or entity that designates the addressee that must receive
a shipment and who provides the necessary information
to the express company for clearance at destination. The
consignor is usually the exporter or his agent. |
| Customs
Broker |
A
broker, or agent, who acts on behalf of importers and
exporters in the clearance of imported goods through Customs,
Quarantine, shipping and other requirements. |
| Customs
Value |
The
value of imported goods as assessed by the Customs Authorities
according to the legislation of the importing country.
This may be based on the actual value but, in certain
cases, may be a notional value. In many countries this
value relates to the CIF cost of the goods, but some relate
to point of export or FOB costs. |
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|
| D |
|
| De
Minimis |
Value
level under which the cost of duty collection for Customs
is higher than the duty to be collected. |
| |
|
| E |
|
| EC |
European
Community |
| ECLAC |
United
Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean |
| EDI |
Electronic
Data Interchange |
| EDS |
Express
Delivery Services |
| EEA |
European
Express Association |
| ETA |
Estimated
time of arrival |
| ETD |
Estimated
time of departure |
| EXW |
Ex
Works: A trading term used in the sale of goods to denote
that the price includes only the cost of the product at
the warehouse/factory gates before any transport costs
are included. In USA this is normally referred to as FOB.
See: Incoterms |
| |
|
| F |
|
| FAS |
Free
alongside ship. A trading term used in the sale of goods
to denote that the price includes the costs to the port
of export. See Incoterms. |
| FedEx |
Federal
Express |
| FOB |
Free on Board: Cost of a product before transportation
costs are figured in. Other countries tend to use the
term Ex Works. |
| Freight
Forwarder |
A
business or person who arranges shipments for customers
usually break bulk and issues a HBL (sea) or HAWB (air).
The freight forwarder then consolidates a number of shipments
under one BL or AWB. The freight forwarder does not actually
carry the cargo or conduct business for the ship. |
| FTA |
Free
Trade Agreement |
| FTAA |
Free
Trade Area of the Americas (ALCA in Spanish), treaty involving
Canada, USA and 34 Latin American and Caribbean countries,
with the exception of Cuba. |
| |
|
| G |
|
| GATT |
General
Agreements on Tariffs and Trade |
| GEA |
Global
Express Association |
| GENTE |
Local
express association in El Salvador: Gremial de Empresas
Nacionales de Transporte Expreso |
| |
|
| H |
|
| HAWB |
House
Air Way Bill. A document of affreightment issued by an
air freight forwarder used to cover the movement of goods
by air. The air freight forwarder consolidates a number
of HAWB's under one AWB for transport by an airline. See
also AWB. |
| |
|
| I |
|
| IATA |
International
Air Transport Association - the peak body for airfreight |
| ICAO |
International
Civil Aviation Organization |
| IDB |
Inter
American Development Bank |
| IECC |
International
Express Carriers Conference (now called GEA or Global
Express Association) |
| ICC |
International
Chamber of Commerce |
| INCOTERMS |
A
Set of internationally accepted, fully defined trading
terms, devised by the ICC in order to minimize differences
of interpretation of such terms, for use by any company,
person, etc. When used in a Contract of Sale it normally
is followed by the revision date to ensure the parties
are aware of the correct edition (EG: FAS Rotterdam Incoterms
1995). Includes EXW, FAC, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT, DAF,
DES, DEQ, DDU, DDP. |
| Intermodalism |
The
concept of transportation as a door-to-door service rather
than port-to-port. Efficiency is enhanced by having
a single carrier coordinating the movement and documentation
among different modes of transportation. |
| |
|
| L |
|
| LAC |
Latin
America and Caribbean Region |
| LAIA |
Latin
American Integration Association |
| Logistics,
Integrated Global |
Person
of enterprise that facilitates trade, especially international
trade, from the seller to the buyer by arranging and/or
providing all necessary services including all or some
of: ordering, order tracking, packing, domestic &
international freight forwarding and shipping, customs
clearance, warehousing and distribution, domestic delivery,
landed into store costing (unit costing), etc. |
| |
|
| M |
|
| MCCA |
Central
American Common Market |
| MERCOSUR |
Common
Market of the South, made up of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
and Brazil. Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and
Venezuela have observer status. |
| |
|
| N |
|
| NAFTA |
North
America Free Trade Agreement |
| |
|
| O |
|
| OAS |
Organization
of American States |
| OECD |
Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development. |
| |
|
| S |
|
| SCCP |
APEC
Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures |
| SELA |
Latin
American Economic System |
| Shipper |
See
Consignor |
| SICA |
Central
American Integration System |
| SICE |
Foreign
Trade Information System (Sistema de Informacion de Comercio
Internacional) |
| Simplified
Clearance |
Treatment
of a shipment by customs which allows for clearance with
a minimum of information elements. |
| |
|
| T |
|
| Trade
Facilitator |
Person
of enterprise that facilitates trade, especially international
trade, from the seller to the buyer by arranging and/or
providing all necessary services including all or some
of: ordering, order tracking, packing, domestic &
international freight forwarding and shipping, customs
clearance, warehousing and distribution, domestic delivery,
landed into store costing (unit costing), etc. |
| |
|
| U |
|
| UNCIT |
United
Nations Commission on International Trade law |
| UNCTAD |
United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UPS |
United
Parcel Service |
| UPU |
Universal
Postal Union |
| USTR |
United
States Trade Representative |
| |
|
| V |
|
| VAT |
Value
Added Tax |
| |
|
| W |
|
| WCO |
World
Customs Organization |
| WTO |
World
Trade Organization |
| |
|
| X |
|
| XLA |
Express
Delivery & Logistics Association |
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