| D/A | | Documents against acceptance, days after acceptance |
| DAF | | Delivered at frontier |
| DB | | Deustche Bundesbahn (German Railways) |
| Dbk | | Drawback |
| D/C | | Deviation clause, documentary collection |
| dd | | Delivered |
| D/D | | days after date (of tenor of bill of exchange) |
| DDA | | Duty Deferment Account |
| DDP | | Delivered Duty Paid |
| DDU | | Delivered Duty Unpaid |
| DDP | | Delivered Duty Paid |
| DEPS | | Departmental Entry Processing System |
| DEQ | | Delivered At Quay |
| DES | | Delivered Ex Slip |
| DESO | | Defence Export Services Organisation |
| DF | | Dead freight (shipper or charterer pays for space booked but not occupied) |
| DFT | | Draft |
| DGN | | Dangerous Goods Note |
| D/O | | Delivery Order |
| D/P | | Documents Against Payment, Direct Port |
| D/R | | Deposit receipt |
| D/S | | Days after sight |
| DSB | | Danske Staatsbahn (Danish Railways) |
| DTI | | Direct trader input/Department of Trade and Industry |
| D/W | | Dock Warrant, deadweight |
| dwc | | Deadweight capacity |
| DY OR DELY | | Delivery |
| EAN | | European Article Numbering, a universal system of uniquely identifying trade and retail products |
| EAPE | | Exchange as per Endorsement |
| EAR | | Export after repair |
| EC | | European Community |
| ECA | | Economic Co-operation Administration |
| ECE | | Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECGD | | Export Credits Guarantee Department |
| ECI | | Export Consignment Letter |
| ECOFIN | | Economic and Financial Affairs Council (EC) |
| ECPD | | Export Cargo Packing Declaration |
| ECS | | Echantillons commerciaux — commercial samples |
| ECSC | | European Coal & Steel Community |
| ECSI | | Export Cargo Shipping Instruction |
| EDCS | | Electronic Data Capture Service |
| EDI | | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDIA | | Electronic Data Interchange Association |
| EEA | | European Economic Area |
| EEC/EC | | European Economic Community |
| EFTA | | European Free Trade Area |
| EHA | | Equipment Handover Agreement |
| EHC | | Export Health Certificate |
| EIA | | European Information Association |
| EIB | | European Investment Bank |
| EIC | | European Information Centre |
| EIMT | | Express International Money Transfer |
| EIS | | Export Intelligence Service |
| EMS | | Express money service |
| e&oe | | Errors & ommissions excepted |
| EOHP | | Except As Otherwise Herein Provided |
| EOTA | | European Organization For Technical Approvals |
| EOTC | | European Organization For Testing and Certification |
| EPS | | Entry processing station |
| EPU | | Entry processing unit, European payments unit |
| ESC | | European Shippers Council, Portuguese Escudo |
| ESCAP | | Economic and Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific |
| ESL | | EC Sales Listing |
| EST | | Eastern Standard Time (USA) |
| ETA | | Estimated Time of Arrival/European Technical Approvals |
| ETD | | Estimated Time of Departure |
| ETS | | Estimated Time of Sailing |
| EURATOM | | European Atomic Energy Community |
| EX | | Examined, Exchanged, Executed, Excluding, Out Of |
| EXBO | | Export Buying Offices Association |
| EXD | | Examined |
| EXW | | Ex Works Examined |
| FAA | | Free of All Average |
| FAC | | Forwarding Agents Commission |
| FAK | | Freight of All Kinds |
| FAS | | Free Alongside Ship |
| FBL | | Forwarders Bill of Lading |
| FCA | | Free carrier |
| FC&S | | free of capture and seizure |
| FCL | | Full Container Load |
| FCO | | FRANCO |
| FCR | | Forwarder's Certificate of Receipt |
| FCT | | Forwarders Certificate of Transport |
| FD | | Free discharge, free docks, free dispatch or free delivery |
| F&D | | Freight and Demurrage |
| FFA | | Free from alongside or free foreign agency |
| FFI | | for further instructions |
| FGA | | Free of General Average |
| FIATA | | International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association |
| FIO | | Free in and out — charterer pays for cost of loading and discharging cargo |
| FIO & stowed | | Free in and out — charterer pays for cost of loading and discharging cargo plus stowing |
| FIO & trimmed | | Free in and out — charterer pays for cost of loading and discharging cargo plus trimming |
| FIT | | Federation of International Traders |
| fiw | | Free in wagon |
| F/L | | Freight liner |
| FLIC | | Forwarders local import control |
| FMB | | Federal Maritime Board (USA) |
| FMC | | Federal Maritime Commission (USA) |
| fo | | For orders, free out terms |
| FOB | | Free on Board |
| FOC | | Free Of Charge |
| FOD | | Free Of Damage |
| FOR | | Free on Rail |
| FOREX | | Foreign Exhange |
| FOT | | Free on Truck |
| FP | | Floating (open) marine policy/fully paid |
| FPA | | Free of particular average (obsolete) |
| FP — C | | Flash point celsius |
| FR | | Freight release |
| FRA | | Forward Rate Agreement |
| FRANCO FREE | | e.g. FRANCO London - All charges paid to arrival London |
| fr & cc | | Free of riots and civil commotions |
| frt | | Freight |
| FS | | Italian Railways |
| frof | | Fire risk on freight |
| FTA | | Freight Transport Association or Free Trade Agreements |
| FTL | | Full Trailer Load |
| G/A | | General Average, General Authorisation |
| GAC | | General Average Certificate |
| G/A con | | General Average contribution |
| GATT | | General Agreement of Tariffs & Trade |
| GBP | | Pound sterling |
| GCBS | | General Council of British Shipping |
| GCC | | Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GmbH | | Registered Company (Germany) |
| GMT | | Greenwich Mean Time |
| gnp | | Gross national product |
| GRT | | Gross registered tonnage |
| Gr wt | | Gross weight |
| gsm | | Good sound merchantable |
| GSP | | Generalized System of Preferences |
| GUV | | General Utility Van (rail) |
| GV | | Grand Vitesse (Express Train) |
