Glossary @ Commerce and Economics

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No. Abbreviations Expansion 1 AAS Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer 2 ACCs Air Cargo Complexes 3 ACPIOs Alternative Central Public Information Officers 4 AEPC Apparel Export Promotion Council 5 AEZ Agricultural Export Zones 7 AMS Aggregate Measurement of Support 6 APCAEM Asia and Pacific Centre for Agriculture and Engineering Machinery 7 APEDA Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 8 ASCM Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 9 ASIDE Assistance to States for Development of Export Infrastructure and other activities Scheme 10 ATC Allied Teaching Centre 11 BIS Bureau of Indian Standards 12 BOT Board of Trade 13 BTP Biotechnology Park 14 BTP Bio Technology Parks 15 CA Certifying Authority 16 CAPSA Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops 17 CBI Central Bureau of Investigations 18 CCA Chief Controller of Accounts 19 CCEA The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 20 CCEM Certificate Course in Export Management 21 CDFD Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics 22 CDSOA Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act 23 CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement 24 CECPA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement 25 CEP Custodian of Enemy Property 26 CHEMEXCIL Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Export Promotion Council 27 CIBLA Certificate Course in International Business Language 28 CIBS Critical Infrastructure Balance Scheme 29 CONCOR Container Corporation of India 30 CPIOs Central Public Information Officers 31 CTE Committee on Trade & Environment 32 CVC Chief Vigilance Commission 33 CWC The Central Warehousing Corporation 34 CWI Consignment Wise Inspection 35 DEPB Duty Entitlement Pass Book 36 DFRC Duty Free Replenishment Certificate 37 DGAD Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties 38 DGCI&S Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics 39 DGFT Directorate General of Foreign Trade 40 DGS&D Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal 41 DNA Di-Nuclic Acid 42 DoAC Department of Agriculture & Cooperation 43 DOP&T Department of Personnel and Training 44 DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 45 DSU Dispute Settlement Understanding 46 DTA Domestic Tariff Area 47 EC Electronic Commerce 48 ECGC Ltd. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited 49 EDF Export Development Fund 50 EDI Electronic Data Interchange 51 EEPC Engineering Export Promotion Council 52 EHTP Electronic Hardware Technology Park Scheme 53 EIAs Export Inspection Agencies 54 EIC Export Inspection Council 55 EMIB Executive Masters in International Business 56 EOUs Export Oriented Units 57 EPB Export Promotion Board 58 EPCG Export Promotion Capital Goods 59 EPCH EPC for Handicrafts 60 EPCs Export Promotion Councils 61 EPO Export Promotion Organisations 62 EPZ Export Processing Zone 63 ERP Enterprise Resource Planning 64 ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific 65 ET Electronic Trade 66 ETOs Electronic Trading Opportunities 67 EXIM Policy Export and Import Policy 68 FIBCs For the testing of Intermediate Bulk Containers 69 FIEO Federation of Indian Export Organizations 70 FMCG Fast Moving Consumer Goods 71 FOB Freight on Board 72 FSMSC Food Safety Management Systems based Certification 73 FTA Free Trade Agreement 74 FTP Foreign Trade Policy 75 FTWZ Free Trade & Warehousing Zones 76 G2B Government-to-Business 77 G2C Government-to-Citizen 78 G2G Government-to-Government 79 GAGTL Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory 80 GB Gigabyte 81 GC Gas Chromotograph 82 GCMS MS Gas Chromotograph with Mass Spectrophotometer 83 GCC Gulf Cooperation Council 84 GPF Gratuity Provident Fund 85 GRIDCO The Grid Corporation of Orissa Limited 86 GSTP Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries 87 GTL Gem Testing Lab 88 HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point 89 HLTG High Level Trade Group 90 HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromotography 91 ICA Indian Council of Arbitration 92 ICDs / CFSs Inland Container Depots / Container Freight Stations 93 ICT Information and Communication Technology 94 IDI Indian Diamond Institute 95 IFC Information and Facilitation Counter 96 IGC Inter-Governmental Commission 97 IIFT Indian Institute of Foreign Trade 98 IIP Indian Institute of Packaging 99 I-K JSG India-Korea Joint Study Group 100 IMC Inter-Ministerial Committee 101 INDEE Indian Engineering Exhibition 102 IPQC In-Process Quality Control 103 IT Act Income Tax Act 104 ITC (HS) Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) 105 ITPO India Trade Promotion Organisation 106 ITS Indian Trade Services 107 JBC Joint Business Councils 108 JBG Joint Business Group 109 JIPD Japan-India Policy Dialogue 110 JSG Joint Study Group 111 JWG Joint Working Group 112 LAC Latin American and Caribbean 113 LAM Low Ash Metallurgical Coke 114 LAN Local Area Network 115 MAI Market Access Initiative scheme 116 MBA Master of Business Administration 117 MDA Marketing Development Assistance 118 MEAs Multilateral Environment Agreements 119 MIS Management Information Systems 120 MMTC Ltd. Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation Limited 121 MOFAT Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 122 MPEDA Marine Products Exports Development Authority 123 NABL National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories 124 NAMA Non-Agricultural Market Access 125 NCTI National Centre for Trade Information 126 NEIA National Export Insurance Account 127 NIC National Informatics Centre 128 NR Natural Rubber 129 NTB Non-Tariff Barriers 130 OL Official Language 131 OLIC The Official Language Implementation Committee 132 ONGC Oil & Natural Gas Commission 133 PAI Personal Accident Insurance 134 PAT Profit After Tax 135 PBT Profit Before Tax 136 PEC Ltd Projects & Equipment Corporation of India Limited 137 PIC Prior Informed Consent 138 PMO Prime Minister’s Office 139 PSUs Public Sector Undertakings 140 PTA Preferential Trade Agreement 141 QA Quality Assurance 142 QR Quantitative Restrictions 143 R/Cs Rate Contracts 144 RMP Residue Monitoring Plan 145 RPT Reasonable Period of Time 146 RTAs Regional Trade Agreements 147 RTI Right to Information Act 148 SACU South Africa Customs Union 149 SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Area 150 SC Self-Certification 151 SCOPE-AIR The Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports by Air 152 SCOPE-SHIPPING The Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports by Sea 153 SEZ Special Economic Zone 154 SHG Self Help Group 155 SIAP Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific 156 SLEPC State Level Export Promotion Committee 157 SMEs Small and medium enterprises 158 SPS Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures 159 SSA Sub-Saharan Africa 160 STC State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. 161 STP Software Technology Park Scheme 162 SVJDM Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Centre of Jewellery Design and Manufacture 163 TBT Technical Barriers to Trade 164 TEF Trade and Economic Framework 165 TRA Tea Research Association 166 UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 167 UPASI-TRF United Planters’ Association of Southern India-Tea Research Foundation 168 VC Video Conferencing 169 VITC Visvesvaraya Industrial Trade Centre 170 WGTEC Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation 171 WIPS Women in Public Sector 172 WTO World Trade Organisation 173 WTPF World Trade Point Federation

Source-- Ministry of Trade and Commerce