| AAA | | Assiociation of Average Adjusters |
| AAD | | Administrative Accompanying Document |
| A/B | | Aktiebolaget (registered company – Sweden) |
| A/C | | Account |
| A-BCC | | Arab-British Chamber of Commerce |
| ABCC | | Association of British Chambers of Commerce |
| ABI | | Association of British Insurers |
| ABP | | Associated British Ports |
| ACP | | African Caribbean and Pacific States |
| ADR | | The European agreement on the International carriage of dangerous goods by road |
| Ad. Val | | Ad valorem (according to value) |
| ADP | | Automated Data Processing |
| A/E | | Abbreviated Entry |
| AF | | Advance Freight (i.e. prior shipment) |
| AG | | Aktiengesellschaft (public company — Germany) |
| AMT | | Air Mail Transfer |
| AN | | Advice Note |
| ANA | | Article Number Association |
| ANF | | Arrival notification form |
| AP | | Additional Premium |
| A/S | | Account Sales, After sight, alongside |
| ASN | | Advance Shipment Notification, a kind of electronic despatch note |
| ATA | | Admission Temporarie - Temporary Admission |
| ATP | | Accorde Transports Permissable, (European agreement on the international transport of perishable foodstuffs) |
| ATR | | Admission Temporaire Roulette - Temporary admission on wheels |
| AV | | Ad Volerum Average |
| AWB | | Air Waybill |
| BACAT | | Barge aboard catamaran |
| BACS | | Banker's Automated Clearing System |
| BAF | | Bunker adjustment factor |
| BCN | | Bankers Cover Note |
| BD | | Bond |
| B/D | | Bankers Draft |
| BEA | | British Exporters Association |
| BEF | | Belgian Franc |
| B/E | | Bill of Exchange |
| BIFA | | British International Freight Association |
| BKG | | Breakage |
| BKGE | | Brokerage |
| B/L | | Bill of Lading |
| BOTB | | British Overseas Trade Board |
| B/P | | Bills Payable |
| BR | | British Railways |
| B/Rec | | Bills Receivable |
| B/S | | Bill of Sale |
| BSC | | British Shippers Institution |
| BSI | | British Standards Institution |
| BSS | | British Standards Specification |
| BST | | British Summer Time |
| BV | | Bureau Veritas |
| CA | | Compensatory Agreement |
| CAA | | Civil Aviation Authority |
| CAAC | | Customs and Allied Affairs Committee |
| CAB | | Civil Aeronautics Board (USA) |
| CACM | | Central American Common Market |
| CAD | | Cash Against Documents/Commercial Agents Directive/Canadian Dollar |
| CAF | | Currency Adjustment Factor |
| CAN | | Customs Assigned Number |
| CAP | | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CARICOM | | Caribbean Community |
| CBD | | Cash Before Delivery |
| CBI | | Confederation of British Industry |
| cbm | | cubic metre |
| CC | | Continuation clause, Civil Commotions |
| cc | | Current cost, cubic capacity, customs clearance, cubic centimetre, carbon copy |
| CCCN | | Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature (Formerly (BTN) Brussels Tariff Nomenclature) |
| CC/O | | Certificate of Consignment/Origin |
| CCLN | | Consignment note control label number |
| CCT | | Common Customs Tariff (within the EU) |
| C/D | | Commercial Dock or consular declaration |
| CD | | Customs Declaration |
| C&D | | Collected and Delivered |
| CDV | | Current Domestic Value |
| CE | | Community European |
| C&E | | Customs & Excise |
| Cert | | Certificate |
| CET | | Central European Time |
| CEN | | European Standards Office |
| C&F | | Cost and Freight |
| CFR | | Cost and Freight |
| cf (cu. ft.) | | Cubic Feet |
| CFS | | Container freight station |
| CFTC | | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (USA) |
| Cge Pd | | Carriage paid |
| CH | | Customs House |
| Ch of C | | Chambers of Commerce |
| Ch Fwd | | Charges forward |
| Ch Pd | | Charges Paid |
| CHAPS | | Clearing House Automated Payment System |
| CHIEF | | Customs handling of import/export freight |
| CHIPS | | Clearing House Inter-bank Payments System (USA) |
| C&I | | Cost and Insurance |
| C/I | | Consular Invoice/Certificate of Insurance |
| CIE | | Customs input entry, Coras Iompair Eirraen (Irish Railways) |
| CIF | | Cost, Insurance and Freight |
| CIF & C | | Cost, Insurance, Freight and Commission |
| CIF & E | | Cost, Insurance, Freight & Exchange |
| CIFC & I | | Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission and Interest |
| CIM | | Convention Interational Marchandises |
| CIP | | Carriage/Freight and Insurance paid to (named point) |
| CIPA | | Charted Institute of Patent Agents |
| CKD | | Completely Knocked Down |
| CLECAT | | European Liaison Committee of Common Market Forwarders |
| CMR | | Convention Merchandises Routiers (conditions for the international carriage of goods by road) |
| C/N | | Consignment Note, Cover Notes |
| C/NEE | | Consignee |
| CO OR C/O | | Certificate of Origin, Cash Order |
| COCOM | | Co-ordinating Committee on Export Controls (NATO) |
| COD | | Cash on Delivery |
| Cof | | Cost of funds |
| COFACE | | Compagnie Francause pour l'Assurance du Commerce Exterieur (French equivalent of ECGD) |
| COM/I | | Commercial Invoice |
| COMECON | | Council for Mutual Economic Aid |
| COMET | | Committee Of Middle East Trade |
| COMITEXTIL | | Co-Ordination committee for the textile industry in the EEC |
| COMEX | | Commodity Exchange (New York) |
| COT | | Consumers Own Transport |
| COU | | Clip-on unit |
| CP | | Commonwealth Preference, commercial paper |
| C/P | | Charter party |
| Cpa | | Claims payable abroad |
| CPC | | Customs Procedure Code |
| Cpd | | Charterer pays dues |
| CPF | | Clean Report of Findings |
| CPT | | Carriage and Insurance Paid To |
| CR | | Current Rate, Carriers Risk, Compound Risk |
| CRF | | Clean Report of Findings |
| CRN | | Customs registered number |
| CSC | | Container Safety Convention |
| C/S | | Currency Surcharge |
| CT | | Community Transit |
| CTL(O) | | Constructive total loss (only) |
| Ctge | | Cartage |
| CTO | | Combined Transport Operator |
| C/V | | Certificate of Value |
| C/VO | | Certificate of Value and Origin |
| CWE | | Cleared without examination |
| CWO | | Cash with Order |
| CY | | Currency |
