A.I.M.U.

Anchors and chains proved

Annual aggregate deductible

Able-bodied seaman

American Bureau of Shipping is an American ship classification society.

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute

Air cushion vehicle (hovercraft)

Advanced freight

Atlantic, Gulf, West Indies Limits

American hull form (insurance policy)

American Institute of Marine Underwriters

Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce "Fonds Africain de Developpement, FAD) is an affiliate of the African Development Bank (AfDB) which provides interest-free loans to African countries for projects which promote economic and social development and improve international trade among members o

Absolute maximum loss

Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue

Any one voyage

Any one bottom

Any one event

Any one loss

Any one occurrence

Any one risk

Any one vessel

Additional premium

As per list

All risks

Association of South East Asian Nations

Actual total loss

Account current

Additional premium

All risks. Against all risks

After sight, Account sales, Alonside (chartering)

American terms (grain trade)

Account of

Average, ad valorem (according to value)

See: Association of African Development Finance Institutions

American Association of Exporters and Importers

See: Arab-African International Bank

See: Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations

See: American Business Center

Association des Banques Centrales Africaines

See: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

American Business Initiative, Automated Broker Interface

Association of British Travel Agents

See: Association of Central African Banks

See: Arab Cooperation Council

American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation

See: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

See: Advisory Committee on Export Policy

See: Automated Clearinghouse

· African, Caribbean and Pacific States · African, Caribbean, and Pacific

Association of Coffee Producing Countries

See: Automated Commercial System

See: Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations

See: Asian Clearing Union

See: Antidumping

A tariff assessed as a percentage of the value of the goods cleared through customs. For example, 10 percent Ad Valorem means the tariff is 10 percent of the value of the goods.

See: Asian Development Bank

African Development Foundation, African Development Fund, Asian Development Fund

Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development

See: American Depository Receipts

Agent Distributor Service ADS provides a custom search overseas for interested and qualified foreign representatives on behalf of a U.S. exporter. Officers abroad conduct the search and prepare a report identifying up to six foreign prospects that have examined the U.S. firm's product literature and have expressed interest in representing the U.S. firm's products.

Arms Export Control Act

See: Africa Enterprise Fund

Administrative Exception Note

See: Automated Export Reporting Program

See: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

See: African Export-Import Bank

See: ASEAN Free Trade Area

Aktiengesellschaft, Australia Group

Agricultural OnLine Access

Agriculture Information System

See: Arab International Bank

See: Association of International Bond Dealers

See: Agency for International Development

Automated Information Exchange System

See: Airbus Industries Group

Agriculture Information and Marketing Services

Agency for Industrial Science Technology

See: American Institute in Taiwan

See: Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion

Association Latinoamericana de Institutiones Financieras, de Desarrollo

Ambassador

American Chamber of Commerce

See: Arab Monetary Fund

Agricultural Marketing Service, Automated Manifest System

See: African Management Services Company

See: Arab Maghreb Union

Arrival notification form

Alliance of Small Island States

See: Administrative Protective Order

Auto Parts Advisory Committee

See: Africa Project Development Facility

Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation

American Petroleum Institute

See: African Regional Organization for Standardization

· Association of South-East Asian Nations · See: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed in January 1992 to create a free trade area (ASEAN Free Trade Area, or AFTA) with use of a common effective preferential tariff. Under the agreement ASEAN members will cut tariff rates within 15 y

See: Arab Trade Financing Program

American Traders Index, Andean Trade Initiative