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Abbreviations of International Trade Terms (C)
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Acronym Full Form
C of O Certificate of Origin, note there are several different types
C&D Collected & Delivered
C&E Customs & Excise
C&F Cost & Freight (not in INCOTERMS 1990)
C/I Consular Invoice/Certificate of Insurance
C/N Consignment Note, Cover Note
C/NEE Consignee
C/NOR Consignor
C/S Currency Surcharge
C/V Certificate of Value
C/VO Certificate of Value & Origin
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
CAD Cash Against Documents
CAF Currency Adjustment Factor for sea freight rates
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CARICOM Caribbean Community
Carr Fwd Carriage Forward
CB Container Base
CBD Cash Before Delivery
cbm cubic metre
CC/O Certificate of Consignment/Origin
CCC Customs Clearance Certificate
CCCN Customs Co-Operation Council Nomenclature (formerly BTN Brussels Tariff Nomenclature)
CCM Caribbean Common Market
CD Customs Declaration
CDV Current Domestic Value
CE Community European - quality mark on goods
CEN European Standards Office
CET Central European Time
cf cubic feet
CFR Cost & Freight (named port of destination)
ch pd carriage paid
ch ppd carriage pre-paid
CHIEFS the UK Customs electronic system for both export and import transactions
CIF Cost, Insurance & Freight (named port of destination)
CIF & C Cost, Insurance, Freight & Commission
CIFC & I Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission & Interest
CIM Contract of movement by International Rail
CKD Completely Knocked Down
CMR Convention Merchandises Par Routes (conditions for the international carriage of goods by road)
CO or C/O Certificate of Origin, Cash Order
COD Cash On Delivery
COI Central Office of Information
COM/I Commercial Invoice
COMITEXTIL Co-Ordination Committee for the Textile Industry in the EU
COP Certificate Of Posting
CPA Claims Payable Abroad
CPD Charter Pays Dues
CPT Carriage Paid To (named destination)
CR Current Rate, Carriers Risk, Compound Risk
CRN Customs Registered Number
CT Community Transit
CTC Customs Tariff Code, now harmonised virtually world-wide
CTL Constructive Total Loss
CWO Cash With Order
CY Currency



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