List of Common Textile Abbreviations
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| 100+ Common Textile Abbreviations and Their Meanings |
1. AAQC = American Association of Quality Control
2. AD = Actual Draft
3. AFIS = Advanced Fiber Information System
4. AGM = Assistant General Manager
5. AIN = Agent Identification Numbers
6. AQL = Acceptable Quality Level
7. B/L = Bill of Lading
8. BE = Bachelor of Engineering
9. BFQ = Better Fisheries Quality
10. BGMEA = Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association
11. BGWUC = Bangladesh Garments Worker Unit Council
12. BIAS = Bale Inventory Analysis System
13. BIN = Business Identification Number
14. BKMEA = Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association
15. BL = Bill of Lading
16. BPI = Beats Per Inch (Also Bending Performance Index)
17. BQSP = Bangladesh Quartet Support Programme (Contextual, non-primary textile term)
18. BS = Bottom Shaft (In machinery)
19. BTBL/C = Back to Back L/C
20. BTMA = Bangladesh Textile Mills Association
21. BTMC = Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation
22. BWTG = Better Worker in Textile Garments (Contextual, non-primary textile term)
23. BY = Base Year
24. C&F = Cost and Freight
25. CAD = Computer Aided Design
26. CAM = Computer Aided Manufacturing
27. CAV = Critical Application Value (Contextual, non-primary textile term)
28. CBC = Carpet Batching Cloth / Carpet Backing Cloth
29. CBL = Center Back Line
30. CDS = Count Data System
31. CE = Cleaning Efficiency
32. CEO = Chief Executive Officer
33. CFL = Center Front Line
34. CIF = Cost, Insurance and Freight
35. CMC = Carboxymethyl Cellulose
36. CMO = Cost of Making Order
37. CMS = Carboxymethyl Starch
38. CMT = Cut, Make, and Trim (Commonly Cost of Making with Trimming/Trims)
39. CNF = Clearing and Forwarding
40. CO = Certificate of Origin
41. CP = Clearance Permit
42. CPC = Customs Procedure Code
43. CPI = Courses Per Inch
44. CPM = Course Per Meter
45. CRE = Constant Rate of Elongation
46. CRF = Clean Reports of Finding
47. CRL = Constant Rate of Loading
48. CRT = Constant Rate of Traverse
49. CS = Crank Shaft (In machinery)
50. CSD = Chartered Society of Designers (U.K) (Contextual, non-primary textile term)
51. CSP = Count Strength Product
52. DC = Draft Constant (In spinning)
53. DCCP = Draft Constant Change Pinion
54. DCP = Draft Change Pinion
55. DMI = Design Management Institute (U.K) (Contextual, non-primary textile term)
56. DMT = Dimethyl Terephthalate
57. DRS = Design Research Society (U.K) (Contextual, non-primary textile term)
58. EPB = Export Promotion Bureau
59. EPI = Ends Per Inch
60. ETP = Effluent Treatment Plant
61. EU = European Union
62. F = Cost and Freight
63. FAS = Free Alongside Ship
64. FFP = Floating Fiber Percentage
65. FOB = Free On Board
66. FOI = Fiber Quality Index
67. FY = Financial Year
68. G = Girls (Commonly used in 'G&W' or 'W&G')
69. GATT = General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
70. GB = Great Britain
71. GDP = Gross Domestic Product
72. GM = General Manager
73. GOB = Government Of Bangladesh
74. GPT = Garments Performance Test
75. GSM = Grams Per Square Meter
76. GSP = Generalized System of Preferences
77. HEC = Hydroxyethyl Cellulose
78. HSC = Highest Standard Count
79. HSCODE = Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
80. HVI = High Volume Instrument
81. ICA = International Color Authority
82. ICSID = International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
83. IFTU = International Federation of Trade Union
84. IIC = International Institute for Cotton
85. ILO = International Labour Organization
86. IMF = International Monetary Fund
87. IP = Import Permit
88. IPO = Import Policy Orders
89. ISO = International Organization for Standardization
90. ITC = Import Trade Control
91. L = Large (Size)
92. L = Weight of the liquid/water
93. L/C = Letter of Credit
94. LCA = Letter of Credit Authorization
95. LCP = Lifter Change Pinion
96. LCW = Lift Change Wheel
97. LDC = Least Developed Country
98. LINRA = Linen Industry Research Association
99. LR = Interlacing Ratio
100. M = Medium (Size)
101. MD = Mechanical Draft
102. MFA = Multi-Fiber Arrangement
103. MIC = Micronaire Value
104. MMF = Man-Made Fiber
105. MOC = Ministry of Commerce
106. MOT = Ministry of Textile
107. MR = Moisture Ratio
108. MTPI = Mechanical Twist Per Inch
109. NNRF = Non Negotiable Reports of Finding
110. NOC = No Objection Certificate
111. NSA = No Seam Allowance
112. P/C = Polyester + Cotton
113. PCD = Planned Cut Date
114. PCW = Production Change Wheel
115. PET = Polyethylene Terephthalate
116. PI = Pressley's Index
117. PLCW = Present Lift Change Wheel
118. PM = Production Manager
119. PMD = Percentage Mean Deviation
120. PO = Production Officer / Purchase Order
121. PPE = Personal Protective Equipment
122. PPI = Picks Per Inch
123. PPM = Parts Per Million
124. PRL = Post-Retirement Leave
125. PRW = Present Ratchet Wheel
126. PSI = Pre-Shipment Inspection / Pounds per Square Inch
127. PTI = Private Textile Industry
128. PTS = Primary Textile Sector
129. PVA = Polyvinyl Alcohol
130. PW = Pocker Wheel (Usually Picket Wheel or Pick Wheel depending on machine/context)
131. QA = Quality Assurance
132. QC = Quality Control / Controller
133. QI = Quality Inspector
134. QIP = Quality Improvement Plan
135. QMS = Quality Management System
136. RD = Reflectance Degree
137. RFID = Radio-Frequency Identification
138. RH = Relative Humidity
139. RLCW = Required Lift Change Wheel
140. RMG = Ready-Made Garments
141. RPM = Revolutions Per Minute
142. RRW = Required Ratchet Wheel
143. RSL = Restricted Substances List
144. RW = Ratchet Wheel
145. S = Small (Size)
146. SAM = Standard Allowed Minute
147. SCF = Seed-Coat Fragments
148. SCI = Spinning Consistency Index
149. SCM = Supply Chain Management
150. SCP = Spindle Change Pinion
151. SKU = Stock Keeping Unit
152. SMV = Standard Minute Value
153. SOP = Standard Operating Procedure
154. SPC = Statistical Process Control
155. SPI = Stitches Per Inch
156. SPL = Stitches Per Length
157. SPM = Stitches Per Minute
158. SPMF = Multi-Function Separator
159. SPT = Stitch Per Tack
160. SQC = Statistical Quality Control
161. SSCP = Spindle Speed Change Pinion
162. T/C = Tetron + Cotton (Tetron is a brand name for Polyester, so T/C = Polyester/Cotton)
163. TCCP = Twist Constant Change Pinion
164. TCP = Twist Change Pinion
165. TD = Time Delay
166. TF = Twist Factor
167. TG = Tacho Generator
168. TIN = Tax Identification Number
169. TM = Twist Multiplier
170. TPCM = Twist Per Centimeter
171. TPI = Twist Per Inch
172. TPM = Twist Per Meter
173. TRO = Turkey Red Oil
174. TS = Top Shaft (In machinery)
175. TU = Trade Union
176. TUF = Technology Upgradation Fund
177. TW = Taper Wheel
178. UD = Utilization Declaration
179. UHML = Upper Half Mean Length
180. UI = Uniformity Index
181. UNDP = United Nations Development Programme
182. UNEC = United Nations Economic Commission
183. UNIDO = United Nations Industrial Development Organization
184. UP = Utilization Permission
185. UPC = Universal Product Code
186. UR = Uniformity Ratio
187. VAT = Value Added Tax
188. VMS = Visual Management System
189. W = Women (Commonly used in 'W&G' or 'M&W')
190. WI = Wear Index
191. WIRA = Wool Industries Research Association
192. WPI = Wales Per Inch
193. WTO = World Trade Organization
194. XL = Extra Large (Size)