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AAMA American Apparel Manufacturers Association
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AATCC American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
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AFMA American Fiber Manufacturers Association
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ANSI American National Standards Institute.
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ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
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ASQ The American Society for Quality
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ATMA American Textile Machinery Association
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AWC American Wool Council
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AQL Acceptable Quality Level
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BEPZA Bangladesh Export processing Zone Authority
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BGMEA Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association
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BJMC Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation
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BJRI Bangladesh Jute Research Institute
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BKMEA Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association
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BTMA Bangladesh Textile Mills Association
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BTMC Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation
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BTUC Bangladesh Trade Union Centre
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CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing
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CITA Committee to Implement Textile Agreements / U.S. Dept. of Commerce
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CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
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CRI Carpet & Rug Institute
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DISA Data Interchange Standards Association
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DOC U.S. Department of Commerce
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DOD U.S. Department of Defense
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EDI Electronic Data Interchange
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EFTA European Free Trade Association
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EOTC European Organization for Testing & Certification
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EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPCB Environment Pollution Control Board
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ERDA Energy Research & Development Agency
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EU European Union. Countries which join the EU will share common laws, regulations and standards. Member countries include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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FASLINC Fabric and Suppliers Linkage Council
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FDIS The ISO acronym for Final Draft International Standard (sixth stage of development of an ISO standard).
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FOB Free On Board
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FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas - A proposed trade area for the western hemisphere that would include Central, North and South America
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FTC U.S. Federal Trade Commission
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GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - GATT was the earliest world trading organization and has been replaced with the WTO.
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GDP Gross Domestic Product
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GNP Gross National Product
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GPQ Guideline for Production & Quality
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ICC International Chamber of Commerce
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IFAI Industrial Fabrics Association International
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ILO International Labor Organization
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ISO International Organization for Standardization
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ITMF International Textile Manufacturers Federation
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IWTO International Wool Textile Organization
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NADFD National Association of Decorative Fabric Distributors
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NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
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NAHM National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
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NATSF North American Trilateral Standardization Forum
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NAUMD National Association of Uniform Manufacturers & Distributors - NAUMD is the U.S. national trade association of manufacturers and distributors of uniforms.
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NCC National Cotton Council of America
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NFPA National Fire Protection Association
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NIST National Institute of Standards & Technology / U.S. Dept. of Commerce
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NKSA National Knitwear and Sportswear Association
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TALC/SAFLINC Textile and Apparel Linkage Council and Sundries & Apparel Findings Linkage Council.
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TCATA Textile Care Allied Trades Association. TCATA is the U.S. national trade association of service organizations that clean textiles, apparel and home furnishings.
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TMB Textile Monitoring Body
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UCC Uniform Code Council
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UCP Uniform Customs & Practice
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UNDP United Nations Development Programme
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UNIDO United Nations International Development Organization
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UPC Uniform Product Code
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USATISC U.S. Allied-Textile Industry Standards Coalition
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USTR United States Trade Representative
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WTO World Trade Organization - Trade organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland, that replaced GATT on January 1, 1995.
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WRAP Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production
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WWW World Wide Web
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