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Abbreviation AAGR ABS ACCs ACP ADA AED AEZ AICTE AHMC AMS AOA APCAEM APCICT APCTT APEDA APTA ASCM ASEAN ASIDE ASSOCHAM ATN ATPF BHLG BIFR BIMSTEC BIS

Expansion Average Annual Growth Rate Access and Benefit Sharing Air Cargo Complexes African-Caribbean-Pacific Group Anti-Dumping Agreement Additional Excise Duty Agricultural Export Zones All India Council for Technical Education Assaying and Hallmarking Centre Aggregate Measurement Support Agreement on Agriculture Asia and Pacific Centre for Agriculture and Engineering Machinery Asian & Pacific Training Centre for Information & Communications Technology for Development Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Asia Pacific Trade Agreement Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Association of South East Asian Nations Assistance to States for Development of Export Infrastructure and other Allied Activities Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India Action Taken Note Asia Trade Promotion Forum Bilateral High Level Group Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Bureau of Indian Standards i

Annual Report 2012-13 BOA BOT BRC BSMs BTP CAGR CAPEXIL CBD CCA CCRI CDM CEC CECA CECPA CENVAT CEPA CEPC CFC CFSs CHEMEXIL CIF CII CIS CLE CLRI COE CoO COMESA CONCOR COPU CPIOs CSIR CSM Board of Approval Board of Trade Bank Realization Certificate Buyer Seller Meets Biotechnology Park Compound Annual Growth Rate Chemicals and Allied Products Export Promotion Council Convention on Biological Diversity Chief Controller of Accounts Central Coffee Research Institute Clean Development Management Committee on Economic Cooperation Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement Central Value Added Tax Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Cashew Export Promotion Council Common Fund for Commodities Container Freight Stations Chemicals Export Promotion Council Cost Insurance Freight Confederation of Indian Industry Commonwealth of Independent States Council for Leather Exports Central Leather Research Institute Committee of Experts Certificate of Origin Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Container Corporation Of India Committee on Public Undertakings Central Public Information Officers Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Consortium of Shoe Manufacturers ii

Abbreviations CSP CSR CST CTS-SS CVC DCs DDA DEPB DES DFCE DFIA DFQF DFRC DFTP DGAD DGCI&S DGFT DGS&D DoC DoNER DPR DSB DSU DTA DTR ECA ECGC ECLA ECR EDF EDI EEC EEPC Common Service Providers Corporate Social Responsibility Central Sales Tax Council for Trade in Services- Special Session Central Vigilance Commission Development Commissioners Doha Development Agenda Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme Duty Exemption Scheme Duty Free Credit Entitlement Duty Free Import Authorization Duty Free Quota Free Duty Free Replenishment Certificate Duty Free Tariff Preference Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics Directorate General of Foreign Trade Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal Department of Commerce Department of North-East Region Detailed Project Report Dispute Settlement Body Dispute Settlement Understanding Domestic Tariff Area Daily Trade Return Economic Commission for Africa Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited Economic Commission For Latin America Export Credit Refinance Export Development Fund Electronic Data Interchange European Economic Community Engineering Export Promotion Council iii

Annual Report 2012-13 EEZ EFTA EGOM EHTP EIAs EIC EO EOUs EPA EPB EPCG EPCs EPIPs EPZ ESCAP ESC EU EVCS EXIM FBT FCV FDDI FDI FICCI FIEO FMS FOB FPS FSMSC FTAs FTP FTWZ Exclusive Economic Zone European Free Trade Association Empowered Group of Ministers Electronic Hardware Technology Park Export Inspection Agencies Export Inspection Council Export Obligation Export Oriented Units Economic Partnership Agreement Export Promotion Board Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme Export Promotion Councils Export Promotion Industrial Parks Export Processing Zones Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council European Union Executive Video Conference System Export-Import Fringe Benefit Tax Flue Cured Virginia Tobacco Footwear Design & Development Institute Foreign Direct Investment Federation of Indian Chambers Of Commerce & Industry Federation of Indian Export Organizations Focus Market Scheme Free on Board Focus Product Scheme Food Safety Management Systems Based Certification Free Trade Agreements Foreign Trade Policy Free Trade Warehousing Zone iv

Abbreviations FYP GAP GATT GATS GCC GCI GDP GI GJEPC GMO GRC GSP GSTP GST GTL HACCP HBP HKMD HPLC HRD HS HSD IAPTA IBEF IBSA ICA ICAR ICCR ICDs ICEX ICNRED ICO Five Year Plan Good Agricultural Practices General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs General Agreement on Trade in Services Gulf Cooperation Council Growth Competitiveness Index Gross Domestic Product Geographical Indications Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council Genetically Modified Organism Grievance Redressal Committee Generalized System of Preferences Global System of Trade Preferences Goods and Services Tax Gem Testing Lab Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points Hand Book of Procedures HongKong Ministerial Declaration High Performance Liquid Chromatography Human Resource Development Harmonised System High Speed Diesel India Afghanistan Preferential Trade Agreement India Brand Equity Foundation India Brazil South Africa Indian Council of Arbitration Indian Council of Agricultural Research Indian Council for Cultural Relations Inland Container Depots Indian Commodity Exchange International Conference on Natural Rubber Extension and Development International Coffee Organisation

Annual Report 2012-13 ICP ICT ICTA IDI IDLS IEC IFDC IFC IGC IIFT IIP IITF ILDP IMC IMF INDEE IOPEPC IPQC IPRs IRDA ISFTA ISO ITA ITC ITPO IULTCS JBCs JCM JEC JEG JSG JTF Integrated Computerization Project Information and Communications Technologies Indian Coffee Trade Association Indian Diamond Institute Integrated Development of Leather Sector Scheme Importer Exporter Code Number International Footwear Design Competition Information and Facilitation Counter Inter-Governmental Commission Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Indian Institute of Packaging India International Trade Fair Integrated Leather Development Programme Inter-Ministerial Committee International Monetary Fund India Engineering Exhibition Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Promotion Council In-process Quality Control Intellectual Property Rights Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Indo SriLanka Free Trade Agreement International Organization for Standardization Inland Transport Assistance International Trade Centre India Trade Promotion Organization International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies Joint Business Councils Joint Commission Joint Economic Committee Joint Economic Group Joint Study Group Joint Task Force

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Abbreviations JWG KPCS LAC LCSs LDCs LERIG LMG LOI/LOP LPI LTFR MAI MDA MEP MFN MLFPS MMTC MODVAT MoP MoUs MPEDA MRAs MSMEs MSP MTPL NABL NaCSA NAFTA NAMA NAV NCTI NEIA NETFISH Joint Working Group Kimberley Process Certification Scheme Latin American and Caribbean Land Customs Stations Least Developed Countries Leather Research Industry Get-Together Like Minded Group Letters of Intent/Letters of Permission Logistic Performance Index Less Than Full Reciprocity Market Access Initiative Marketing Development Assistance Minimum Export Price Most Favoured Nation Market Linked Focus Products Scheme Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation Modified Value Added Tax Margin Of Preference Memoranda of Understanding The Marine Products Export Development Authority Mutual Recognition Agreements Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minimum Support Price MMTC Transnational Pte. Ltd., Singapore National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture North America Free Trade Agreement Non Agricultural Market Access Non Ad Valorem National Centre for Trade Information National Export Insurance Account Network for Fish Quality Management and Sustainable Fishing

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Annual Report 2012-13 NFE NGR NIC NINL NPOP NRCP NTBs/NTMs OH OECD OLIC OTDS PAI PBT PCS PEC PEPC PHARMEXCIL PIC PIS PIU PLSDP POL PPP PSAG PSF PSUs PTA PWDs QUPD RBI RCMC REACH Net Foreign Exchange Negotiating Group on Rules National Informatics Centre Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd. National Programme for Organic Production National Residue Control Plan Non-Tariff Barriers/ Non-Tariff Measures Orthopaedically Handicapped Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Official Language Implementation Committee Overall Trade-distorting Domestic Support Personal Accident Insurance Profit Before Tax Port Community System Projects and Equipment Corporation of India Project Exports Promotion Council Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council Prior Informed Consent Priced Information System Project Implementing Unit Placement Linked Skill Development Programme Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Public Private Partnership Private Sector Advisory Group Price Stabilization Fund Scheme Public Sector Undertakings Preferential Trade Agreement Persons with Disabilities Quality Upgradation and Product Diversification Reserve Bank of India Registration Cum Membership Certificate Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals viii

Abbreviations RFD RGCA RMG RPSs RRII RTAs RTI S&D SAARC SACU SAD SAFTA SAPTA SCOPE-AIR SEPC SEPs SEZ SHGs SHEFEXIL SIAP SION SLEPC SMART SPs SPS SSM STC STCL STP SVJDM TBT Results Framework Document Rajeev Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture Readymade Garments Rubber Producers Societies Rubber Research Institute of India Regional Trade Agreements Right to Information Special and Differential South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Southern African Customs Union Special Additional Duty South Asian Free Trade Area SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports by Air Services Export Promotion Council Sensitive Products Special Economic Zone Self Help Groups Shellac and Forest Products Export Promotion Council Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific Standard Input Output Norms State Level Export Promotion Committee Society for Marketing of Rural Artisan Products Special Products Sanitary & Phyto-Sanitary Measures Special Safeguard Mechanism State Trading Corporation of India Limited Spices Trading Corporation Ltd Software Technology Park Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Centre of Jewellery Design and Manufacture Technical Barriers To Trade

SCOPE-SHIPPING Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports by Sea

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Annual Report 2012-13 TDA TED TEF TEPC TFAI TIDP TLP TK TPF TPS TRA TRAINS TRIPS TRQs TSR TT TUSMP UAE UNCTAD UNESCAP UNTPDC UPASI-TRF USIBC VHT VKGUY WANA WBTPO WEF WEMS WPDR WTO WTPF Trade Development Authority Terminal Excise Duty Trade and Economic Framework Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council Trade Fair Authority of India Trade & Investment Development Programme Tariff Liberalization Programme Traditional Knowledge Trade Policy Forum Target Plus Scheme Tea Research Association Trade Analysis and Information System Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Tariff Rate Quotas Technically Specified Rubber Tappers Training Technology Upgradation Scheme for Marine Products United Arab Emirates United Nations Conference on Trade & Development United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United Nations Trade Point Development Centre United Planters Association of Southern India- Tea Research Foundation US-India Business Council Vapour Heat Treatment Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojna West Asia and North Africa West Bengal Trade Promotion Organization World Economic Forum Web Enabled Monitoring System Working Party on Domestic Regulations World Trade Organization World Trade Point Federation