Foreign trade acronyms standardize instruments and procedures for export import compliance and trade facilitation. Consolidated glossary of acronyms and defined terms used in the Foreign Trade procedural framework, providing standardized meanings for instruments, schemes, agencies, documents and compliance mechanisms referenced in export import regulation and administration. The glossary catalogues authorisations and trade facilitation mechanisms such as advance authorisations, duty exemption and remission schemes, export promotion licences, and specialised programmes, together with documentary and procedural terms and regulatory bodies relied upon for administering trade policy.