100+ Common Textile Abbreviations and Their Meanings

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List of Common Textile Abbreviations

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)

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