Abbreviationsg-r

G-5
Group of Five

G-7
Group of Seven

G-10
Group of Ten

G-24
Group of Twenty-Four

G-77
Group of Seventy-Seven

G/A
General Average

GAB
General Agreements to Borrow (Paris Club)

GATS
General License - Aircraft on Temporary Sojourn

GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

G-BAGGAGE
General License - Baggage

GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council

GCG
General License - Shipments to Agencies of Cooperating
Governments

G-COCOM
General License - COCOM

G-DEST
General License - Destination

GDP
Gross Domestic Product

GEM
Global Export Manager

GFW
General License - Free World

GIT
General License - In Transit Shipments

GL
General License

GLR
General License - Return (Replacement)

GLV
General License - Shipments of Limited Value

GmbH
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung. See Business
Entities Appendix.

G-NNR
General License - Non-Naval Reserve

GNP
Gross National Product

GO
General Order

GPO
Government Printing Office (U.S.)

G.R.I.
General Rate Increase

GSP
Generalized System of Preferences

GTDA
General License - Technical Data

GTDR
General License - Technical Data Restricted

G-TEMP
General License - Temporary Export

GTF-U.S.
General License - Goods Imported for Display at U.S.
Exhibitions or Trade Fairs

GUS
General License - Shipments to Personnel and Agencies of the
U.S. Government

H
Height

HAWB
House Air Waybill

HC
High Commission (British)

H/H
House to House

HMHC
Her MajestyÂ¡Â¯s High Commission

H.P.
Horsepower

H/P
House to Pier

HS
Harmonized System

HTS
Harmonized Tariff Schedule

HTSUS
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S.

HTWG
High Technology Working Group

IACC
International Anticounterfeiting Coalition

IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEL
International Atomic Energy List

IATA
International Air Transport Association

IBF
International Banking Facility

IBOR
Interbank Offered Rate

IBM
International Business Machines (Company)

IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IC
Import Certificate
Integrated Circuit

ICA
International Cocoa Agreement
International Coffee Agreement
International Commodity Agreement

ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization

ICC
International Chamber of Commerce (Paris)
Interstate Commerce Commission

ICO
International Congress Office

ICP
Industry Consultations Program

ICS
Investment Climate Statement

ICSID
International Center for the Settlement for Investment Disputes

ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions

I.D.
Inside Diameter

IDA
International Development Association

IDB
Inter-American Development Bank

IDCA
International Development Cooperation Agency

IEA
International Energy Agency

IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEPA
International Emergency Economic Powers Act

IEPG
Independent European Program Group

IESC
International Executive Service Corps

IFAC
Industry Functional Advisory Committee

IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFC
International Finance Corporation

IFM
Inward Foreign Manifest

IFRB
International Frequency Registration Board

IFS
Industry Focused Seminar

In-Flight Survey

IGC
Interagency Group on Countertrade

IGPAC
Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee

IJA
International Jute Agreement

IL
Industrial List

ILO
International Labor Organization

IMF
International Monetary Fund

IMI
International Market Insight

IML
International Munitions List

IMO
International Maritime Organization

IMSO
International Maritime Satellite Organization

In.
Inch

Inc. or Corp.
Incorporated
Corporation
C corporation, See Business Entities Appendix.
Close Corporation, See Business Entities Appendix.
Stock Corporation. See Business Entities Appendix.

info.
Information

INMARSAT
International Maritime Satellite Organization

INPAC
Investment Policy Advisory Committee

INR
Initial Negotiating Right

INS
Immigration and Naturalization Service

INTELSAT
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization

IOGA
Industry-Organized, Government- Approved Mission

IPAC
Industry Policy Advisory Committee

IPO
Initial Public Offering (stock)

IPR
Intellectual Property Rights

IRA
International Rubber Agreement

IRS
Internal Revenue Service

I/S
Interessantelskab

ISA
Industry Sub-Sector Analysis
International Sugar Agreement

ISAC
Industry Sector Advisory Committee

ISBN
International Standard Book Number (publishing)

ISC
Intermodal Service Charge

ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO
International Standards Organization

ITA
International Tin Agreement

International Trade Administration

ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITC
International Trade Commission

ITT
International Telephone & Telegraph

ITU
International Telecommunication Union

IVL
Individual Validated License

IWC
International Whaling Commission

JCIT
Joint Committee for Investment and Trade

JDB
JapanDevelopmentBank

JEIC
JapanExportInformationCenter

JETRO
Japan External Trade Organization

JEXIM
The Export-Import Bank of Japan

JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency

K.D.
Knocked Down

KDD
Kokusai Denshin Denwa

K.D.F.
Knocked Down Flat

KEG
Kommandit Erwerbsgesellschaft. See Business Entities
Appendix.

Kft
KorlÂ¨Â¢tolt FelelossÂ¨Â¦gu TÂ¨Â¢rsasÂ¨Â¢g. See Business
Entities Appendix.

KG
Kommanditgesellschaft

KGS or Kilo(s)
Kilogram(s)

KK
Kabushiki Kaisha

Kkt
Közkereseti TÂ¨Â¢rsasÂ¨Â¢g. See Business Entities
Appendix.

k.s.
KomanditnÂ¨Âª Spolecnost. See Business Entities Appendix.

K/S
Kommanditselskab

L
Length

LAFTA
Latin American Free Trade Association

LAIA
Latin American Integration Association

LASH
Lighter Aboard Ship

Lb (s)
Pound(s) (weight measure)

L/C
Letter of Credit

LCL
Less Than Container Load

Lda.
Sociedade por Quota. See Business Entities Appendix.

LDC
Least (Less, Lesser) Developed Country
Limited Duration Companies. See Business Entities Appendix.

LIBID
London Interbank Bid Rate

LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate

LIFFE
London International Financial Futures Exchange

LIMEAN
London Interbank Mean

LLC
Limited Liability Company. See Business Entities Appendix.

LLP
Limited Liability Partnership. See Business Entities Appendix.

L.O.A.
Length Overall

LOI
Letter of Indemnity

L.S.
Lump Sum

L.T.
Long Ton (2,240 Pounds)

Ltd.
Limited
Corporation, See Business Entities Appendix.
Private Company. See Business Entities Appendix.

Ltda.
Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada. See Business Entities
Appendix.

Limitada

LtÂ¨Â¦e.
Corporation, See Business Entities Appendix.
LimitÂ¨Â¦e

L.T.L.
Less than truckload

M
Measurement
Thousand (1,000 units)

max.
Maximum

MBF or MBM
One Thousand Board Feet

MC
Minister Counsellor

MCTL
Militarily Critical Technologies List

M/D
MonthÂ¡Â¯s Date

MD
Managing Director

MDB
Multilateral Development Bank

MFA
Multi-Fiber Arrangement

MFN
Most Favored Nation

MFT
Per Thousand Feet

MHW
Ministry of Health and Welfare

MIF
Multilateral Investment Fund

MIGA
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Mij.
Maatschappij

min.
Minimum

MIPRO
Manufactured Imports Promotion Organization

MITI
Ministry of International Trade and Industry

MKR
Matchmaker Program

M.O.
Money Order

MOCP
Market-Oriented Cooperation Plan

MOFERT
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade

MOFTEC
Ministry of Foreign Economic Trade and Economic Cooperation

MOSS
Market-Oriented, Sector-Selective

MOU
Memorandum of Understanding

MPA
Major Projects Agreement

MPP
Market Promotion Program

MPT
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

MRA
Mutual Recognition Agreement

MT
Marine Terminal

MTAG
Missile Technology Advisory Group

MTCR
Missile Technology Control Regime

MTEC
Missile Technology Export Control Group

MTN
Multilateral Trade Negotiations

MTO
Multilateral Trade Organization

N/A
Not Applicable

NAEC
National Association of Export Companies

NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement

NASDA
National Association of State Development Agencies

NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

N.B.
Note Below

NCC
National Chambers of Commerce

NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency

N.E.S.
Not Elsewhere Specified

NICs
Newly Industrializing Countries

NIPA
National Income and Product Accounts

NMEs
Nonmarket Economies

NNPA
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act

NNPT
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

No
Number

N.O.I.B.N.
Not Otherwise Indexed by Number

N.O.S.
Not Otherwise Specified

NPT
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRL
Nuclear Referral List

NRPB
Natural Resource Based Products

N/S (also NSF)
Not Sufficient Funds

NS
Not Subject To

NSC
National Security Council

NSD
National Security Directive

NSF (also N/S)
Not Sufficient Funds

NSG
Nuclear Suppliers Group

NSO
National Security Override

NT
Net Ton

NTBs
Non-Tariff Barriers

NTDB
National Trade Data Bank

NTE
National Trade Estimates Report

New-To-Export

NTM
New-To-Market

NTMs
Non-Tariff Measures

NTT
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

N.V.
Naamloze Vennootschap. See Business Entities Appendix.

NVOCC
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier

NYMEX
New York Mercantile Exchange

NYSE
New York Stock Exchange

OAPEC
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OAS
Organization of American States

OAU
Organization of African Unity

O.B.L.
Ocean bill of lading

OBR
Overseas Business Report

OBU
Offshore Banking Unit

O/C
Overcharge

OC
Operating Committee

OCP
Overland Common Point

O.D.
Outside Diameter

ODA
Official Development Assistance

OE
Omorythmos Eteria. See Business Entities Appendix.

OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OEG
Offene Erwerbsgesellschaft. See Business Entities Appendix.

OEL
Office of Export Licensing

OFAC
Office of Foreign Assets Control

OHG
Offene Handelsgesellschaft. See Business Entities Appendix.

OIC
Organization of the Islamic Conference

OIEC
Organization for Economic Cooperation

OMA
Orderly Marketing Agreement

OMB
Office of Management and Budget

OMC
Office of Munitions Control

OOD
Drouzestvo s Ogranichena Otgovornost. See Business Entities
Appendix.

OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPIC
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

ORM
Other Regulated Materials

O/S
Out of Stock

OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OT
Open Top

O/T
Overtime

OTC
Over the Counter

OTM
Old-To-Market

OWC
On Wheels Charge

Oy
Osakeyhtiö. See Business Entities Appendix.

P/A
Power of Attorney

PC
Per Container
Personal Computer

P/C
Prices Current
Petty Cash

PCS
Piece(s)

PCT
Patent Cooperation Treaty

PEC
PresidentÂ¡Â¯s Export Council

PEFCO
Private Export Funding Corporation

P/H
Pier to House

P&I
Principal and Interest

PIP
Post-Initiated Promotion

Pkg(s)
Package(s)

P&L
Profit and Loss

P.L.C.
Public Company. See Business Entities Appendix.

PLC
Pre-License Check

Public Limited Company

P/N
Promissory Note

PP
Purchase Price

P.P.
Prepaid (Freight Prepaid)

P/P
Pier to Pier

PPA
Protocol of Provisional Application

P.R.C.
PeopleÂ¡Â¯s Republic of China

PSV
Post-Shipment Verification

p/t
Part-time
Pte. Ltd.
Private Limited

PT
Per Trailer

PT 20
Per 20 Foot Trailer/Container

PT 40
Per 40 Foot Trailer/Container

PTA
Preferential Trade Agreement for Eastern and Southern Africa

PU&D
Pick Up and Delivery

Pvt. Ltd.
Private Company. See Business Entities Appendix.

QRs
Quantitative Restrictions

R
Rail Ramp

RACE
Research in Advanced Communications in Europe

RAM
Random Access Memory

RBPs
Restrictive Business Practices

RCS
Regular Catalog Show

R&D
Research and Development

RFP
Request for Proposal

RFQ
Request for Quotation

ROM
Read Only Memory

RoRo
Roll-on, Roll-off

R.R.
Railroad

Rt
RÂ¨Â¦szvÂ¨Â¦nytÂ¨Â¢rsasÂ¨Â¢g. See Business Entities
Appendix.

RWA
Returned Without Action