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Abbreviations

A-E

ACP
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
ANCOM
Andean Community
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APTA
Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (former Bangkok Agreement)
ASEAN
Association of South-East Asian Nations
BOP
Balance of Payments
BPM
Balance of Payments Manual (IMF)
BSEC
Black Sea Economic Cooperation
CACM
Central American Common Market
CARICOM
Caribbean Community
CCSA
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
CDIAC
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Centre
CEMAC
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
c.i.f.
cost, insurance and freight
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
DAC
Development Assistance Committee (of OECD)
DRS
Debtor Reporting System
EAC
East African Community
ECCAS
Economic Community of Central African States
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO
Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
EIU
Economic Intelligence Unit
ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
EU
European Union
excl.
excluding

F-J

FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FDI
foreign direct investment
f.o.b.
free on board
FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GDP
gross domestic product
GFCF
gross fixed capital formation
GNP
gross national product
GSTP
Global system of trade preferences
HIPCs
heavily indebted poor countries
HS
Harmonized System
ILO
International Labour Organization
IMF
International Monetary Fund

K-O

LAIA
Latin American Integration Association
LDC
least developed country
MERCOSUR
Mercado ComĂșn del Sur
MFN
most favoured nation
MRU
Mano River Union
MSG
Melanesia Spearhead Group
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
n.e.s.
not elsewhere specified
NIEs
newly industrialized economies
n.i.e.
not included elsewhere
NPISHs
non-profit institutions serving households
OA
official aid
OAS
Organization of American States
ODA
official development assistance
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OOF
other official flows
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

P-T

SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SAR
Special Administrative Region
SDR
special drawing right
SFR
Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (former)
SIDS
Small island developing States
SITC
Standard International Trade Classification
TFYR
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
TNC
transnational corporation
UMA
Arab Maghreb Union
UNAIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

U-Z

UN/DESA
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
UNWTO
World Tourism Organization
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WAEMU
West African Economic and Monetary Union
WHO
World Health Organization
WITS
World Integrated Trade Solution
WTO
World Trade Organization