Meaning & use
SKD
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Meaning
abbreviationbusiness
Short for semi-knocked-down: a product shipped as large partly assembled parts that are finished in the destination country.
Grammar: Read letter by letter: S-K-D. Often used before a noun, as in SKD kits.
Patterns
- SKD kit
- SKD assembly
The company imports SKD kits and finishes the cars in a local plant.
SKD assembly lowers import taxes in some countries.
The scooters arrive as SKD units and are fitted with wheels here.
Common combinations
- SKD kit
- An SKD kit arrived by ship this morning.
- SKD assembly
- SKD assembly takes less time than building from scratch.
- SKD import
- An SKD import often pays lower duty.
- SKD or CKD
- The factory handles both SKD and CKD orders.
Synonyms and how they differ
- semi-knocked-down
- This is the full phrase for the abbreviation.
- partly assembled
- This is plain English and does not point to the shipping and tax trade meaning.
- kit form
- This is a general phrase and may mean fully disassembled, which SKD does not.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: SKD or CKD?
SKD vs CKD
CKD means completely knocked down: even more pieces than SKD, and it needs more local assembly.
Practice
A car arrives in large partly built sections to be finished locally. It is shipped as...
Choose one answer.
SKD means semi-knocked-down. CBU is a finished vehicle.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “SKD”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.