| ACU | Asian Clearing Union |
| AEZ | Agri Export Zone |
| ANF | Aayaat Niryaat Form |
| ARO | Advance Release Order |
| ASIDE | Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development of Exports |
| BG | Bank Guarantee |
| BIFR | Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BoA | Board of Approval |
| BoT | Board of Trade |
| BRC | Bank Realisation Certificate |
| BTP | Bio Technology Park |
| CBEC | Central Board of Excise and Customs |
| CCP | Customs Clearance Permit |
| CEA | Central Excise Authority |
| CEC | Chartered Engineer Certificate |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance & Freight |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CoD | Cash on Delivery |
| CoO | Certificate of Origin |
| CVD | Countervailing Duty |
| DA | Document against Acceptance |
| DoBT | Department of Bio Technology |
| DC | Development Commissioner |
| DEPB | Duty Entitlement Pass Book |
| DFIA | Duty Free Import Authorisation |
| DFRC | Duty Free Replenishment Certificate |
| DGCI&S | Director General, Commercial Intelligence & Statistics |
| DGFT | Director General of Foreign Trade |
| DIPP | Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion |
| DoC | Department of Commerce |
| DoE | Department of Electronics |
| DoIT | Department of Information Technology |
| DoR | Department of Revenue |
| DoT | Department of Tourism |
| DTA | Domestic Tariff Area |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EEFC | Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency |
| EFC | Exim Facilitation Committee |
| EFT | Electronic Fund Transfer |
| EH | Export House |
| EHTP | Electronic Hardware Technology Park |
| EIC | Export Inspection Council |
| EO | Export Obligation |
| EODC | Export Obligation Discharge Certificate |
| EOP | Export Obligation Period |
| EOU | Export Oriented Unit |
| EPC | Export Promotion Council |
| EPCG | Export Promotion Capital Goods |
| EPO | Engineering Process Outsourcing |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FIEO | Federation of Indian Export Organisation |
| FIRC | Foreign Exchange Inward Remittance Certificate |
| FMS | Focus Market Scheme |
| FOB | Free On Board |
| FPS | Focus Product Scheme |
| FT(D&R)Act | Foreign Trade ( Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) |
| FTDO | Foreign Trade Development Officer |
| FTP | Foreign Trade Policy |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GRC | Grievance Redressal Committee |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Process |
| HBP v1 | Hand Book of Procedures (Vol. 1) |
| HBP v2 | Hand Book of Procedures (Vol. 2) |
| ICD | Inland Container Depot |
| ICM | Indian Commercial Mission |
| IEC | Importer Exporter Code |
| ISO | International Standards Organisation |
| ITC (HS) | Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) Classification for Export & Import Items |
| ITPO | India Trade Promotion Organisation |
| LoC | Line of Credit |
| LoI | Letter of Intent |
| LoP | Letter of Permit |
| LUT | Legal Under Taking |
| MAI | Market Access Initiative |
| MDA | Market Development Assistance |
| MEA | Ministry of External Affairs |
| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance |
| NC | Norms Committee |
| NFE | Net Foreign Exchange |
| NOC | No Objection Certificate |
| PRC | Policy Relaxation Committee |
| PTH | Premier Trading House |
| PSU | Public Sector Undertaking |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RA | Regional Authority |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| REP | Replenishment |
| RCMC | Registration-cum-Membership Certificate |
| RSCQC | Regional Sub-Committee on Quality Complaints |
| S/B | Shipping Bill |
| SEH | Star Export House |
| SEI CMM | Software Engineers Institute’s Capability Maturity Model |
| SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
| SFIS | Served from India Scheme |
| SIA | Secretariat for Industrial Assistance |
| SION | Standard Input Output Norms |
| SSI | Small Scale Industry |
| STE | State Trading Enterprise |
| STH | Star Trading House |
| STP | Software Technology Park |
| TEE | Towns of Export Excellence |
| TH | Trading House |
| TRQ | Tariff Rate Quota |
| VA | Value Addition |
| VKGUY | Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana |
| WHOGMP | World Health Organisation Good Manufacturing Practices |