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Customs Bonded Warehouse | A publicly - or
privately - owned warehouse where dutiable goods

are stored pending payment of duty or removal under

bond. The storage or delivery of goods are under the Dangerous and Hazardous (D&H) | See “Dangerous
supervision of customs oficers, and if the warehouse Goods.”

is privately-owned, the keeper has to enter into a bond

as indemnity in respect of the goods deposited, which Dangerous Goods | The term used by I.M.C.O.
may not be delivered without a release from Customs.
for hazardous materials that are capable of posing

a signiicant risk to health, safety, or property while

Customs Broker | A private business that provides being transported.
documentation and entry preparation services required

by CCRA and U.S. Customs on behalf of an importer/ Deadweight (D.W.) | The number of tons of cargo,

exporter of record. Hired by an importer to carry out stores, and bunker fuel a ship can carry and transport.
Customs-related responsibilities and covered by power See “Deadweight Tonnage.”

of attorney to act on behalf of the importer/exporter of

record.
Deadweight Tonnage (D/W) | The number of total
weight tons of cargo, stores, and bunker fuel that a

Customs House | A government ofice where import vessel can carry and transport. It is the difference

duties, etc. on foreign shipments are handled.
between the number of tons of water a vessel
displaces “light” and the number of tons it displaces

Customs House Broker | An individual or irm when submerged to “load line.”

licensed to enter and clear goods through Customs.
Dedicated Unit Train | A unit train operated by

Customs Self Assessment (CSA) | A joint Canada/ various railroads for exclusive usage.

U.S. border initiative aimed at speeding up the Customs
process on low-risk shipments.
Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) | In DDP, the shipper

clears the goods for export and is responsible for

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism makingthemavailabletothebuyeratthenamedplace
(C-TPAT) | A joint government and trade community of destination, cleared for import, paid duty and tax.

initiative in developing, enhancing, and maintaining

effective security processes throughout the global Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) | In DDU, the shipper
supply chain.
clears the goods for export and is responsible for

making them available to the buyer at the named

Customs Valuation | The determination of the value place of destination, not cleared for import.
imported goods for the purpose of collecting ad alorem

duties.
Delivery Order | A document authorizing delivery to

a nominated party of cargo in the care of a third party.
Cut-off Time | Latest possible time the cargo of The document is issued by a carrier or a forwarder

container may be delivered to the vessel or designated on surrender of a bill of lading and then used by the

point. See “Closing.”
merchant to transfer title by endorsement.

Cwt. | Hundredweight (100 pounds in the U.S., 112 Destination Delivery Charge (DDC) | A charge

pounds in the U.K.).
assessed by the carrier for the handling of a full
container at destinations. The term is more commonly

CY/CFS | Cargo loaded in a full container by a shipper used in the U.S. trade.

at origin, delivered to a CFS facility at destination, and
then devanned by the carrier for loose pickup.
Detention (Demurrage) | Charges raised by the

carrier or the forwarder for detaining a container/

CY/CY | Cargo loaded by the shipper in a full container trailer at customer premises for a period longer than
at origin and delivered to the carrier’s terminal at that provided in the tariff of the carrier or the forwarder.

destination for pickup intact by consignee.

Devanning | The removal of cargo from a container.
Also known as unstufing, unloading, or stripping.

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