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 Común 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
