Cube/Cubic Capacity
-- Interior volume of a truck body, semi trailer or trailer, measured in cubic feet.
Curb Weight
-- Weight of an empty truck, without occupants or load.
Custom Cycle Count
-- A custom designed program of inventory cycle counting developed to ensure the
highest inventory accuracy
Customs
-- The place or process of inspecting imported or exported goods to determine if and how much
duty is required; or an agency that performs said duties.
Customs Broker / Customhouse Broker
-- A firm that represents importers/exporters in dealings with
customs. Normally responsible for obtaining and submitting all documents for clearing merchandise through
customs, arranging inland transport, and paying all charges related to these functions.
Customs Clearance
-- The act of obtaining permission to import merchandise from another country into the
importing nation.
Customs Invoice
-- A document that contains a declaration by the seller, the shipper, or the agent as to the
value of the shipment.
Customs Value
-- The value of the imported goods on which duties will be assessed.
Customs Duties
-- Taxes collected by states upon imports to their territory. Abolished within the EC, they
have been retained at EC external borders as a common external tariff (CET) and are regarded as EC own
resources.
CY
– Container Yard, a location where empty ocean freight containers are staged for re-dispatch to
customers of the steamship lines.
D
Dangerous Substances
-- Products regarded as potentially dangerous and/or toxic whose classification,
use, labeling and marketing are regulated by EC legislation.
D.D.G.
– Declaration of Dangerous Goods (Hazardous Materials as defined in regulations) declaration
document
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