All Textile Abbreviations:

1. ASTM – American Society for Testing Materials

2. AAMA– American Apparels Manufacturing Association

3. AAQC-American Apparels Quality control

4. AAQC– American Association of Quality Control

5. AAMC-American Apparel Manufacturing Corporation

6. ASQC– American Society for Quality Control

7. BGMEA– Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association

8. BCCFA– Bangladesh Custom Clearing & Forwarding Agent

9. BCI -Bangladesh Commerce & Investment

10. BEPZA – Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority

11. BKMEA– Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association

12. BTMC– Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation

13. BTMA– Bangladesh Textile Mills Association

14. BGWUC– Bangladesh Garments Worker Unit Council

15. BJMC-Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation

16. BJMA-Bangladesh Jute Mills Association

17. BJEC-Bangladesh Jute Export Corporation

18. BJCP-Bangladesh Jute Cultivation Program

19. BATEXPO-Bangladesh Textile Exposition

20. AM– Assistant Merchandiser

21. AGM– Assistant General Manager

22. AQL– Acceptable Quality Level

23. BS– Bill of Sale

24. BS– British Standard

25. BWTG– Better Worker in Textile Garments

26. BL– Bill of Lading

27. BB L/C– Back to Back L/C

28. BOT– Board of Trade

29. BOM-Bill of Materials

30. BY– Bas Year

31. CRD-Cargo Receive Date

32. COD-Cash on Delivery

33. CFS – Container Freight Station

34. CAP-Corrective Action Plan

35. CO– Country of origin

36. CM– Cost of Manufacturing

37. CMT– Cost of Manufacturing with Trims / Cut Make Trim

38. GOH– Garments on Hanger

39. CM– Country Manger

40. CAD– Computer Aided Design

41. CAM– Computer Aided Manufacturing

42. CT-Cycle Time

43. COD-Cash on Delivery

44. CBM-Cubic Meter

45. CBA-Collective Bargaining Agent

46. CF-Cubic Feet

47. C&F– Clearing and Forwarding

48. CNF– Clearing & Forwarding

49. CEO– Chief Executive Officer

50. CO– Certificate of Origin

51. CI-Commercial Invoice

52. CVC– Chief Value of Cotton

53. C & F– Cost & Freight

54. CIF– Cost, Insurance and Freight

55. CMO– Cost of Making Order

56. CMT– Cost of Making with Trimming

57. CTL– Consumer Testing Laboratories

58. CBL- Center Back Line

59. CFL– Center Front Line

60. CAF-Currency Adjustment Factor

61. CM-Cutting and Making

62. CMT-Cut, Make and Trim

63. CMTA– Cut, Make, Trim and Quota

64. CO-Certificate of Origin

65. CSP– Count Sire Pound

66. CTBL– Combined Transport Bill of Lading

67. CVT– Co-effective of Variation

68. CY- Container Yard

69. D65-Artificial Day light

70. DDP– Delivery Duty Paid

71. DDU– Delivery Duty Unpaid

72. EPA- European Productivity Agency

73. EP– Export Procedure

74. EFTA– European Commission on Human Rights

75. E-Pattern – Electrical Pattern

76. EEC-European Economic Community

77. ECM-European Common Market

78. EPB– Export Promotion Bureau

79. ETP– Effluent Treatment Plan

80. EMB– Embroidery

81. EPZ-Export Processing Zone

82. ETA– Expected Time of Arrival

83. EU– European Union

84. ETD– Expected Time of Departure

85. EPI– Ends per Inch

86. FPC– Flat Packed Container

87. FMC– Federal Maritime Commission

88. FEU – Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit

89. FCL- Full Container Load

90. FPI– Fixed Per Inch

91. FAK -Freight All Kinds

92. FT– Free Trade

93. FOB A- Free on Board Air

94. FY– Financial Year

95. FIFO– First in First Out

96. FQA-Final Quality Audit

97. FOB-Free on Board/Freight on Board

98. FOA-Free on Air

99. FDI-Foreign Direct Investment

100. FTC-Federal Trade Commission

101. FPC– Flat Packing container

102. FEU– Forty Feet Equivalent

103. FPC– Flat Packing container

104. FBCCI– Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries

105. FQA-Final Quality Audit

106. FOB-Free on Board/Freight on Board

107. FOA-Free on Air

108. FV– Feeder Vessel

109. FDI-Foreign Direct Investment

110. FCL– Full container Load

111. FTC-Federal Trade Commission

112. GSTP– Global System of Trade Practices

113. GP– General Container

114. GPT– Garments Performance Test

115. GDP– Growth Domestic Product

116. GW– Gross Weight

117. GM– General Manager

118. GSP-Generalized System of Preference

119. GAT-General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

120. GDP-Gross Domestic product

121. GNP-Gross National Product

122. GMT-Garments

123. GATT– Generalized Agreement on Tariffs and Taxes

124. GOH -Garment on Hanger

125. HQ -High Cubic Feet

126. HAWB– House Airway Bill

127. IATA– International Air Transport Association

128. IC – Inspection Certification

129. IM– Import Procedure

130. IPI– Interior Point Internodes

131. ICB– Investment Corporation of Bangladesh

132. ICC- International Chamber of Commerce

133. ILO-International Labor Organization

134. IPC– In-Process Check

135. IE-Industrial engineering

136. IMS-Industrial Management System/Service

137. ISO– International Organization for Standardization

138. IMF– International Monetary Fund

139. IFTU- International Federation of Trade Union

140. IC– Inspection certificate

141. IFTU– International Federation of Trade Union

142. IMF- International Monetary Fund

143. LCA– Letter of Credit Authorization

144. LCL – Less than Container Load

145. ITO– Income Tax Officer

146. LDC-Least Developed Country

147. L– Large (Size

148. L/C– Letter of Credit

149. LCL– Lace Container Load/Light

150. LIFO– Last in First Out

151. KPI – Key Performance Indicator

152. KTA- Knitted Textile Association of America

153. MOT– Ministry of Textile

154. MOC– Ministry of Commerce

155. MM– Merchandise Manger

156. MIS– Management Information System

157. MMT-Measurement

158. MTD– Month to Date

159. MAWB- Master Airway Bill

160. M & W- Men and Women

161. MV- Mother Vessel

162. MFA- Multi Fiber Arrangement

163. MM- Merchandise Manger

164. MMT-Measurement

165. MP– Man Power

166. M- Medium (Size)

167. MOS- Margin of Safety

168. NOVCC– Non Vessel Operations Common Carrier

169. NW– Net Weight

170. NPT-Non Productive Time

171. NSA-No Seam Allowance

172. NGC-New Generation Computing

173. NSA- No Seam Allowance

174. MCDM– Multi Criteria Decision Making

175. OM- Office Manger

176. OBL- Original Bill of Lading/Ocean Bill of Lading

177. OQL– Outgoing Quality Level

178. QWL– Quality of Work Use

179. OZ– Ounces

180. PI – Performa Invoice

181. PO-Production Order

182. PS-Production Sample

183. PDM-Production Development Manual

184. PO- Production Manager

185. PP-Pre Production

186. PO-Production Order/Purchase Order

187. PSI– Pre-shipment Inspection

188. PM-Production Manager

189. PS-Production Sample

190. PSI– Pre-Shipment Inspection

191. PD– Plain Dyed

192. Peach Finish– Use for Finishing Softness

193. PI– Pro-forma Invoice

194. PMTS– Predetermined Motion Time System

195. PPE– Personal Productive Equipment

196. PDM-Production Development Manual

197. PTS– Primary Textile Sector

198. PPI– Picks per Inch

199. PO– Production Officer

200. PM– Production Manager

201. P/C– Polyester + Cotton

202. PTI- Private Textile Industry

203. PO- Purchase Order

204. POL– Port of Loading

205. POD– Port of Delivery

206. QA-Quality Assurance

207. QIP– Quality Improvement Plan

208. QMS– Quality Management System

209. QC– Quality Controller

210. RSL– Restricted Substances List

211. RMG– Readymade Garments

212. RFT-Right First Time

213. RPM– Revolution per minute

214. SM– Senior Merchandiser

215. S– Small (Size)

216. SQL-Submitted Quality Level

217. SMV-Standard Minute Value

218. SKU– Stock Keeping Unit

219. SOP-Standard Operating Procedure

220. SRL– Sensory and Consumer Research

221. SAM-Standard Allowed Minute

222. SOP-Standard Operating Procedure

223. SPI– Stitch per inch

224. Sweden BL-Sweden Bill of Lading (used for Triangular Trade

225. TA– Time Action

226. TCB – Trading Corporation of Bangladesh

227. TPN – Tesco Product Number

228. TPI – Twist per Inch

229. TPT – Through per Time

230. TAP-Total Acceptable Product

231. T/C– Tetron & Cotton

232. TEU– Twenty Feet Equivalent

233. TRL– Technology Readiness Level

234. T&P– Time & Action Plain

235. TU- Trade Union

236. TUF– Technology Up gradation Fund

237. UD– Utilization Declaration

238. UP– Utilization Permission

239. UPC-Universal Product Code

240. UNIDO– United Nation International Development Organization

241. UNEC– United Nation Economic and Development Commission

242. UPC-Universal Product Code

243. UNDP- United Nations Development Program me

244. VAT– Value Added Tax

245. UNITC– United Nations International trade center

246. VPP– Value Payable Post

247. VPR-Vendor performance Record

248. XL– Extra Large (Size)

249. WH-Working Hour

250. YTD– Year to Date

251. YY– Yardage Yield

252. WAS-Weekly Audit Schedule

253. WH-Working Hour

254. WTP– Water Treatment Plant

255. WTO– World Trade Organization

256. WFTU – World Federation of Trade Unions

257. WR – Water Register

258. WBS – Work Breakdown Structure

259. WRAP – World Wide Responsible Apparels Product