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Abbreviations and symbols<br />

ACP<br />

ASEAN<br />

AFTA<br />

BOP<br />

BPM5<br />

CACM<br />

CARICOM<br />

CEMAC<br />

CIS<br />

COMESA<br />

ECCAS<br />

ECOWAS<br />

EFTA<br />

EU<br />

EUROSTAT<br />

FAO<br />

FATS<br />

FDI<br />

GCC<br />

GDP<br />

GNP<br />

African, Caribbean and Pacifi c Group of States<br />

Association of South-East Asian Nations<br />

ASEAN Free <strong>Trade</strong> Area<br />

Balance of Payments<br />

Balance of Payments Manual, fi fth edition<br />

Central American Common Market<br />

Caribbean Common Market<br />

Economic and Monetary Community<br />

of Central African States<br />

Commonwealth of Independent States<br />

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa<br />

Economic Community of Central African States<br />

Economic Community of West African States<br />

European Free <strong>Trade</strong> Association<br />

European Union<br />

Statistical Offi ce of the European Communities<br />

Food and Agriculture <strong>Organization</strong><br />

of the United Nations<br />

Foreign Affi liates <strong>Trade</strong> in Services<br />

Foreign Direct Investment<br />

Gulf Co-operation Council<br />

Gross Domestic Product<br />

Gross National Product<br />

HS Harmonized Commodity Description<br />

and Coding System<br />

IEA <strong>International</strong> Energy Agency<br />

IMF <strong>International</strong> Monetary Fund<br />

ISIC <strong>International</strong> Standard Industrial Classifi cation<br />

LDCs Least-developed countries<br />

MERCOSUR Southern Common Market<br />

NAFTA North American Free <strong>Trade</strong> Agreement<br />

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and<br />

Development<br />

SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation<br />

SADC South African Development Community<br />

SAPTA South Asian Preferential <strong>Trade</strong> Arrangement<br />

SITC Standard <strong>International</strong> <strong>Trade</strong> Classifi cation<br />

WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union<br />

UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe<br />

UNECLAC United Nations Economic Commission<br />

for Latin America and the Caribbean<br />

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on <strong>Trade</strong><br />

and Development<br />

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development<br />

<strong>Organization</strong><br />

UNSD United Nations <strong>Statistics</strong> Division<br />

c.i.f.<br />

f.o.b.<br />

n.e.s.<br />

n.i.e.<br />

cost, insurance and freight<br />

free on board<br />

not elsewhere specifi ed<br />

not included elsewhere<br />

The following symbols are used in this publication:<br />

... not available<br />

0 figure is zero or became zero due to rounding<br />

- not applicable<br />

$ United States dollars<br />

Q1, Q2 1st quarter, 2nd quarter<br />

I<br />

break in comparability of data series. Data after the symbol do not form a consistent series with those<br />

from earlier years.<br />

Billion means one thousand million.<br />

Minor discrepancies between constituent fi gures and totals are due to rounding.<br />

Unless otherwise indicated, (i) all value fi gures are expressed in U.S. dollars; (ii) trade fi gures include the intra-trade of free trade<br />

areas, customs unions, geographical and other groups; (iii) merchandise trade fi gures are on a customs basis and (iv) merchandise<br />

exports are f.o.b. and merchandise imports are c.i.f. Data for the latest year are provisional.<br />

Closing date 15 August 2008<br />

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