International Trade Statistics - World Trade Organization
International Trade Statistics - World Trade Organization
International Trade Statistics - World Trade Organization
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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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