Shipping Terms
Commonly Used Terms
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Automatic Relief
A set of inventory bookkeeping methods that automatically adjusts computerized inventory records based on a production transaction. Examples of automatic relief methods are back flushing, direct-deduct, pre-deduct, and post-deduct processing.
C
Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)
Cross-docking
Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)
Cost and Freight (CFR)
Contract of Carriage
Container Yard (CY)
Completely Knocked Down (CKD)
Certificate of Origin (CO)
Cellular Vessel
Carriers
Carrier's Lien
Carriage Paid To (CPT)
Carriage And Insurance Paid To (CIP)
Carnet
Cargo Agents Settlement System (CASS)