All Textile Abbreviations | Abbreviation Related to Textiles
Abbreviation Related to Textiles | All Textile Abbreviations
ASTM – American Society for Testing Materials
AAMA– American Apparels Manufacturing Association
AAQC-American Apparels Quality control
AAQC– American Association of Quality Control
AAMC-American Apparel Manufacturing Corporation
ASQC– American Society for Quality Control
BGMEA– Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association
BCCFA– Bangladesh Custom Clearing & Forwarding Agent
BCI -Bangladesh Commerce & Investment
BEPZA – Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority
BKMEA– Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association
BTMC– Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation
BTMA– Bangladesh Textile Mills Association
BGWUC– Bangladesh Garments Worker Unit Council
BJMC-Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation
BJMA-Bangladesh Jute Mills Association
BJEC-Bangladesh Jute Export Corporation
BJCP-Bangladesh Jute Cultivation Program
BATEXPO-Bangladesh Textile Exposition
AM– Assistant Merchandiser
AGM– Assistant General Manager
AQL– Acceptable Quality Level
BS– Bill of Sale
BS– British Standard
BWTG– Better Worker in Textile Garments
BL– Bill of Lading
BB L/C– Back to Back L/C
BOT– Board of Trade
BOM-Bill of Materials
BY– Bas Year
CRD-Cargo Receive Date
COD-Cash on Delivery
CFS – Container Freight Station
CAP-Corrective Action Plan
CO– Country of origin
CM– Cost of Manufacturing
CMT– Cost of Manufacturing with Trims / Cut Make Trim
GOH– Garments on Hanger
CM– Country Manger
CAD– Computer Aided Design
CAM– Computer Aided Manufacturing
CT-Cycle Time
COD-Cash on Delivery
CBM-Cubic Meter
CBA-Collective Bargaining Agent
CF-Cubic Feet
C&F– Clearing and Forwarding
CNF– Clearing & Forwarding
CEO– Chief Executive Officer
CO– Certificate of Origin
CI-Commercial Invoice
CVC– Chief Value of Cotton
C & F– Cost & Freight
CIF– Cost, Insurance and Freight
CMO– Cost of Making Order
CMT– Cost of Making with Trimming
CTL– Consumer Testing Laboratories
CBL- Center Back Line
CFL– Center Front Line
CAF-Currency Adjustment Factor
CM-Cutting and Making
CMT-Cut, Make and Trim
CMTA– Cut, Make, Trim and Quota
CO-Certificate of Origin
CSP– Count Sire Pound
CTBL– Combined Transport Bill of Lading
CVT– Co-effective of Variation
CY- Container Yard
D65-Artificial Day light
DDP– Delivery Duty Paid
DDU– Delivery Duty Unpaid
EPA- European Productivity Agency
EP– Export Procedure
EFTA– European Commission on Human Rights
E-Pattern – Electrical Pattern
EEC-European Economic Community
ECM-European Common Market
EPB– Export Promotion Bureau
ETP– Effluent Treatment Plan
EMB– Embroidery
EPZ-Export Processing Zone
ETA– Expected Time of Arrival
EU– European Union
ETD– Expected Time of Departure
EPI– Ends per Inch
FPC– Flat Packed Container
FMC– Federal Maritime Commission
FEU – Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit
FCL- Full Container Load
FPI– Fixed Per Inch
FAK -Freight All Kinds
FT– Free Trade
FOB A- Free on Board Air
FY– Financial Year
FIFO– First in First Out
FQA-Final Quality Audit
FOB-Free on Board/Freight on Board
FOA-Free on Air
FDI-Foreign Direct Investment
FTC-Federal Trade Commission
FPC– Flat Packing container
FEU– Forty Feet Equivalent
FPC– Flat Packing container
FBCCI– Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries
FQA-Final Quality Audit
FOB-Free on Board/Freight on Board
FOA-Free on Air
FV– Feeder Vessel
FDI-Foreign Direct Investment
FCL– Full container Load
FTC-Federal Trade Commission
GSTP– Global System of Trade Practices
GP– General Container
GPT– Garments Performance Test
GDP– Growth Domestic Product
GW– Gross Weight
GM– General Manager
GSP-Generalized System of Preference
GAT-General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
GDP-Gross Domestic product
GNP-Gross National Product
GMT-Garments
GATT– Generalized Agreement on Tariffs and Taxes
GOH -Garment on Hanger
HQ -High Cubic Feet
HAWB– House Airway Bill
IATA– International Air Transport Association
IC – Inspection Certification
IM– Import Procedure
IPI– Interior Point Internodes
ICB– Investment Corporation of Bangladesh
ICC- International Chamber of Commerce
ILO-International Labor Organization
IPC– In-Process Check
IE-Industrial engineering
IMS-Industrial Management System/Service
ISO– International Organization for Standardization
IMF– International Monetary Fund
IFTU- International Federation of Trade Union
IC– Inspection certificate
IFTU– International Federation of Trade Union
IMF- International Monetary Fund
LCA– Letter of Credit Authorization
LCL – Less than Container Load
ITO– Income Tax Officer
LDC-Least Developed Country
L– Large (Size
L/C– Letter of Credit
LCL– Lace Container Load/Light
LIFO– Last in First Out
KPI – Key Performance Indicator
KTA- Knitted Textile Association of America
MOT– Ministry of Textile
MOC– Ministry of Commerce
MM– Merchandise Manger
MIS– Management Information System
MMT-Measurement
MTD– Month to Date
MAWB- Master Airway Bill
M & W- Men and Women
MV- Mother Vessel
MFA- Multi Fiber Arrangement
MM- Merchandise Manger
MMT-Measurement
MP– Man Power
M- Medium (Size)
MOS- Margin of Safety
NOVCC– Non Vessel Operations Common Carrier
NW– Net Weight
NPT-Non Productive Time
NSA-No Seam Allowance
NGC-New Generation Computing
NSA- No Seam Allowance
MCDM– Multi Criteria Decision Making
OM- Office Manger
OBL- Original Bill of Lading/Ocean Bill of Lading
OQL– Outgoing Quality Level
QWL– Quality of Work Use
OZ– Ounces
PI – Performa Invoice
PO-Production Order
PS-Production Sample
PDM-Production Development Manual
PO- Production Manager
PP-Pre Production
PO-Production Order/Purchase Order
PSI– Pre-shipment Inspection
PM-Production Manager
PS-Production Sample
PSI– Pre-Shipment Inspection
PD– Plain Dyed
Peach Finish– Use for Finishing Softness
PI– Pro-forma Invoice
PMTS– Predetermined Motion Time System
PPE– Personal Productive Equipment
PDM-Production Development Manual
PTS– Primary Textile Sector
PPI– Picks per Inch
PO– Production Officer
PM– Production Manager
P/C– Polyester + Cotton
PTI- Private Textile Industry
PO- Purchase Order
POL– Port of Loading
POD– Port of Delivery
QA-Quality Assurance
QIP– Quality Improvement Plan
QMS– Quality Management System
QC– Quality Controller
RSL– Restricted Substances List
RMG– Readymade Garments
RFT-Right First Time
RPM– Revolution per minute
SM– Senior Merchandiser
S– Small (Size)
SQL-Submitted Quality Level
SMV-Standard Minute Value
SKU– Stock Keeping Unit
SOP-Standard Operating Procedure
SRL– Sensory and Consumer Research
SAM-Standard Allowed Minute
SOP-Standard Operating Procedure
SPI– Stitch per inch
Sweden BL-Sweden Bill of Lading (used for Triangular Trade )
TA– Time Action
TCB – Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
TPN – Tesco Product Number
TPI – Twist per Inch
TPT – Through per Time
TAP-Total Acceptable Product
T/C– Tetron & Cotton
TEU– Twenty Feet Equivalent
TRL– Technology Readiness Level
T&P– Time & Action Plain
TU- Trade Union
TUF– Technology Up gradation Fund
UD– Utilization Declaration
UP– Utilization Permission
UPC-Universal Product Code
UNIDO– United Nation International Development Organization
UNEC– United Nation Economic and Development Commission
UPC-Universal Product Code
UNDP- United Nations Development Program me
VAT– Value Added Tax
UNITC– United Nations International trade center
VPP– Value Payable Post
VPR-Vendor performance Record
XL– Extra Large (Size)
WH-Working Hour
YTD– Year to Date
YY– Yardage Yield
WAS-Weekly Audit Schedule
WH-Working Hour
WTP– Water Treatment Plant
WTO– World Trade Organization
WFTU – World Federation of Trade Unions
WR – Water Register
WBS – Work Breakdown Structure
WRAP – World Wide Responsible Apparels Product
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