REDS (Registered Excise Dealers and Shippers) - REDS are traders who have been approved by HMRC to receive duty-suspended excise goods from other EU member states.
Release (Commercial Release) - Instructions, usually a fax or email, stating that all monies have been paid, and the goods are Customs cleared, therefore the warehouse operator can release the cleared goods to an authorised collecting party
Restitution - Return of Container to Port (or other designated location as specified by the leasing shipping line)
RO-RO (Roll-on, Roll-Off) - Non-containerised cargo e.g. Car, Bus
RPA (Rural Payments Agency) - Taken from the Import licensing Branch (www. berr.gov.uk) "... the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) issues import licence's for agricultural, horticultural products and certain items of food and drink".
