Customs Glossary

Confused by the import-export jargon? Our glossary provides a short explanation of all the customs terms to help you navigate global trade.

World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Most Favoured Nation (MFN)
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
EORI Number
Export Accompanying Document (EAD)
Exit Summary Declaration (EXS)
What is an ENS (Entry Summary Declaration)?
New Computerised Transit System (NCTS)
Transit Accompanying Document (TAD)
Local Reference Number (LRN)
Movement Reference Number (MRN)
C88
Customs Handling of Import Export Freight (CHIEF)
Customs Procedure Code (CPC)
Export Health Certificate (EHC)
Phytosanitary Certificates
TRACES NT
Border Control Point (BCP)
What is AEO?
Duty Deferment Account (DDA)
What is a TAN
What is a Transit Guarantee?
What is an ABP?
What is APHA?
Port Badges
What is UKBF?
What is the BTOM?
What is C21?
What is a Carrier?
What is a CHED?
What is CDS?
What is a Cash Account?
What is CBAM?
What is CITES?
What is a Commodity Code?
What is Common Transit Convention (CTC)?
What is CPTPP?
What is CSP?
What is CTC?
What is CUC?
What is Cumulation?
What is Customs Regimes?
What is Customs Routes?
What is DAP?
What is DDP?
What is DEFRA?
What is DTC?
What is DPU?
What is Customs Duty?
What is eBL?
What is EIDR?
What is ESG?
What is EUDR?
What is EXW?
What is FCA?
What is FOCBS?
What are Freeports?
What are Freight Forwarders?
What is FSA?
What is GDP?
What is a GMR?
What is GSP?
What is GVMS?
What is H8?
What is HRFNAO?
What is a HS code?
What is IBF?
What is ICS?
What is ICS2?
What is ICT?
What is iDTC?
What is ILP?
What is 'Importer's Knowledge'?
What are Incoterms Rules?
What is Intrastat?
What are IPAFFS?
What is IUU?
What is a LSP?
What is MASP-C?
What is MoU?
What is Motis FSA?
What is NCTS5?
What is NCA?
What is NIAID?
What is NILP?
What is NIMAR?
What is NIRMS?
What is the OOA?
What is the OOD?
What is Operation BROCK?
What is OTT?
What are P&R Codes?
What is PBN?
What is PEM?
What are POAO?
What is PortBase?
What does preference/Preferential mean?
What is Regime 42?
What is a REX statement?
What is RGR?
What is a Risk Category?
What is Route 1?
What is Route 6?
what is Route 2?
What is the SAFE Framework?
What is SCDP?
What is SCIM?
What is a SFD?
what is a SD?
What is a SDP?
What are Smart Borders?
What are Smart Borders 2.0?
What is STEPS?
What is STS?
What is STOP24?
What is STW?
What is a TCA?
What is a TGP?
What is TRACES?
What is the WF?
What is the WCO?
What is VIES?
What is ViDA?
What is VAT?
What is Postponed VAT Accounting?
What is USD?
What is Union Transit?
What is UKIMS?
What is TSF?
What is UN/CEFACT?
What is ABF?
What is the Cabinet Office (CO) ?
What is DE?
What is DfT?
What is the EU?
What is excise?
What is GB?
What is FR?
What is HMRC?
What is HO?
What is IE?
What is IMF?
What is intermediary?
What is Inventory Release?
What is the MHRA?
What is MRA?
What is NaCTSO?
What is NI?
What is PHILIS?
What is SCV?
What is SPS?
What is SSD?
what is a Tariff?
What is TFA?
What is the TLIP?
What are Traders?
What is a Transit?
What is a Trusted Trader?
What is TSVC?
What is TTL?
What is TTP?
What is the UKBF?
What is DTAP?
What is EOT?
What is DVP?
What is Indirect Representation?
What is GATT XXIV?
What is TAD MRN?
What is Direct Representation?
BAFA, Federal Office of Economics and Export Control
What is an import declaration?
What is a export declaration?
What is The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ?
Controlled Goods
What is GPI?
What is Centralised Clearance for Import (CCI)?
What is comparative advantage?
What is Regulation on Deforestation-free Products
What is a Consignment?
What is a 'Seal'?
What are 'Package marks'?
Who is the Importer?
What is a commercial reference number?
What is meant by an 'Accompanied' status?
What is meant by a 'Unaccompanied' status?
What is IMO?
What is meant by an Accepted ENS MRN?
What is a 'Shipment'?
What is a 'Consignee'?
What is a 'Validation Message'?
What is a 'CABIE Frontier MRN'?
What is NIPHL?
How to 'Allow Cookies'
What is ENS?