Organization | Acronym | | Organization | Acronym |
African Growth & Opportunity Act | AGOA | | General Agreement on Trade in Services | GATS |
Agricultural Marketing Service | AMS | | General Services Administration | GSA |
American Association of Port Authorities | AAPA | | Generalized System of Preferences | GSP |
American Society for Testing Materials | ASTM | | Government Accountability Office | GAO |
Andean Trade Promotion & Drug Eradication Act | ATPDEA | | Harbor Maintenance Fee | HMF |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | APHIS | | Hazardous Materials Regulations | HMR |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation | APEC | | Importer Self-Assessment | ISA |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations | ASEAN | | International Carrier Bond | ICB |
Automated Clearing House | ACH | | International Intellectual Property Alliance | IIPA |
Automated Commercial Environment | ACE | | International Labor Organization | ILO |
Automated Export System | AES | | International Longshore and Warehouse Union | ILWU |
Automated Targeting System | ATS | | International Longshoremen’s Assoc. | ILA |
Beneficiary Developing Country | BDC | | International Maritime Organization | IMO |
Bio-Terrorism Act | BTA | | International Organization for Standardization | ISO |
Border & Transportation Security | BTS | | International Plant Protection Convention | IPPC |
Border Release Advanced Screening & Selectivity | BRASS | | International Ship & Port Facility Security | ISPS |
Bureau of Customs & Border Protection | CBP | | International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures | ISPM |
Canada Border Services Agency | CBSA | | International Trade Administration | ITA |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency | CFIA | | International Trade Data System | ITDS |
Canadian International Trade Tribunal | CITT | | International Traffic in Arms Regulations | ITAR |
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act | CBERA | | Least Developed Beneficiary Dev. Countries | LDBDC |
Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act | CBTPA | | Maritime Transportation Security Act | MTSA |
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | CAFSAN | | Merchandise Processing Fee | MPF |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC | | Ministry of Commerce-People’s Republic of China | MOFCOM |
Central American-Dominican Republic FTA | CAFTA-DR | | Miscellaneous Trade & Technical Corrections Act, 2004 | MTA |
Central European Free Trade Agreement | CEFTA | | National Commodity Specialist | NCS |
Closer Economic Partnership Agreement | CEPA | | National Targeting Center | NTC |
Commerce Control List | CCL | | Nat’l Customs Brokers & Fwrdrs Assoc. of America | NCBFFA |
Commercial Operations Advisory Committee | COAC | | Nat’l Highway Traffic Safety Administration | NHTSA |
Compliance Policy Guide | CPG | | Nat’l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration | NOAA |
Consumer Product Safety Commission | CPSC | | Non-Intrusive Inspection | NII |
Container Security Device | CSD | | North America Free Trade Agreement | NAFTA |
Container Security Initiative | CSI | | Notice of Proposed Rule Making | NPRM |
Convention on Int’l Trade in Endangered Species | CITES | | Office of Foreign Assets Control | OFAC |
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | CAFC | | Office of Regulations and Rulings | OR&R |
Court of Int’l Trade | CIT | | Operation Safe Commerce | OSC |
Customs – Trade Partnership against Terrorism | C-TPAT | | Operational & Admin. System for Import Support | OASIS |
Customs & Trade Automated Interface Requirements | CATAIR | | Presidential Directive | PD |
Customs Automated Forms Entry System | CAFES | | Prior Notice System Interface | PNSI |
Department of Defense | DOD | | Radiation Portal Monitor | RPM |
Department of Foreign Affairs & Int’l Trade | DFAIT | | Radio Frequency Identification Device | RFID |
Department of Homeland Security | DHS | | Regional Value Content | RVC |
Department of Justice | DOJ | | Remote Location Filing | RLF |
Department of Transportation | DOT | | Research and Special Programs Administration | RSPA |
Dom. Republic – C. American Free Trade Agreement | DR-CAFTA | | Safety of Life at Sea Convention | SOLAS |
East Africa Community | EAC | | Shippers’ Export Declaration | SED |
Electronic Export Information | EEI | | Singapore Free Trade Agreement | SFTA |
Electronic Invoice Program | EIP | | Solid Wood Packing Material | SWPM |
Environment Protection Agency | EPA | | Specially Designated Nationals | SDN |
European Free Trade Association | EFTA | | Standard Carrier Alpha Code | SCAC |
Explanatory Notes | ENs | | Tariff Preference Levels | TPLs |
Export Administration Act | EAA | | Trade & Investment Framework Agreement | TIFA |
Export Control Classification Number | ECCN | | Transportation Security Administration | TSA |
Export Processing Zones | EPZs | | Transportation Worker Identification Credential | TWIC |
Federal Communications Commission | FCC | | U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service | US&FCS |
Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act | FD&C Act | | U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles & Apparel | USA-ITA |
Federal Trade Commission | FTC | | U.S. Chile FTA | UCFTA, or CFTA |
Focused Assessment | FA | | U.S. Munitions List | USML |
Food & Drug Admin. | FDA | | U.S. Patents & Trademark Office | USPTO |
Food Safety and Inspection Service | FSIS | | U.S. Trade and Development Agency | USTDA |
Foreign Trade Regulations | FTR | | U.S. Trade Representative | USTR |
Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations | FTSR | | U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement | BFTA |
Free and Secure Trade | FAST | | World Customs Organization | WCO |
Free Trade Area of the Americas | FTAA | | World Economic Forum | WEF |
Freight Remaining On Board | FROB | | World Intellectual Property Organization | WIPO |
General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade | GATT | | World Trade Organization | WTO |