Glossary
FedEx Ship Manager
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Glossary
Accessorial Charges: FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery services charge extra for certain value-
added delivery services. These value-added services include: Acknowledgement of Delivery (AOD),
Collect on Delivery (COD), Call Tags, Hazardous Material (HazMat), Guaranteed Delivery, Insurance, and
many others. Most of these accessorial charges are prepackage. Accessorial charges are not discounted
and are added to the final package charge after any discounts and/or to the final Multiweight charge.
ACU: Auto Configuration Utility
AES: Automatic Export System. See also AESDirect.
AESDirect: AESDirect is the U.S. Census Bureau's free, internet based system for filing Shipper's
Export Declaration (SED) information to the Automated Export System (AES). It is the electronic
alternative to filing a paper SED, and can be used by U.S. Principal Parties in Interest (USPPIs),
forwarders, or anyone else responsible for export reporting. (www.aesdirect.gov)
APAC: Asia/Pacific
API: Application Programming Interface
ARI: Advanced Regulatory Information
ASTRA: Advanced Sorting Tracking Routing Assistance
AWB: Air Waybill
Base Discount (FedEx Ground): This is a straight “across the board” percentage discount. For example,
a customer with a 3% Base Discount received 3% off the actual rate of the package. A Base Discount
would be combined with any Matrix Discount, but is not combined with Multiweight rates.
Base Rate (FedEx Ground): This is the package rate based on the standard FedEx Ground or FedEx
Home Delivery Package Rate Table. FedEx Ground currently supports package weight up to 150 lbs. and
FedEx Home Delivery currently supports package weights up to 70 lbs. Weights are always rounded up
to the next highest whole pound.
BSO: Broker Select Option
CAD: Canadian Dollars (also $CAD)
CCI: Consolidated Commercial Invoice
CFR (Cost and Freight): (Destination port-paid to arrival at destination port) Title, risk and insurance cost
pass to buyer when delivered on board the ship by seller who pays the transportation cost to the
destination port. Used for sea or inland waterway transportation.
CI: Commercial Invoice
CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight): (Destination port-same as CFR, but includes insurance) Title and
risk pass to buyer when delivered on board the ship by seller who pays transportation and insurance cost
to destination port. Used for sea or inland waterway transportation.
CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To): (Place at destination – CPT, but insurance). Title and risk pass
to buyer when delivered to carrier by seller who pays transportation and insurance cost to destination.
Used for any mode of transportation.
CLF: Common Look and Feel
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