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STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS 2014
Abbreviations
and symbols
The complete publication “International trade statistics 2014” can be ordered from the WTO online bookshop.
Table of contents:
> Abbreviations
and symbols
> World Trade Developments
> Merchandise trade
> Trade in commercial services
> Trade in global value chains
> Appendix
tables
> Charts
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| ACP | African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| AFTA | ASEAN Free Trade Area |
| BOP | Balance of Payments |
| BPM5 | Balance of Payments Manual, fifth edition |
| CACM | Central American Common Market |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Common Market |
| CEMAC | Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| COMESA | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EU | European Union |
| EUROSTAT | Statistical Office of the European Communities |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FATS | Foreign Affiliates Statistics |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| GCC | Gulf Co-operation Council |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| HS | Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| GTIS | Global Trade Information Services Inc. |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| LDCs | Least-developed countries |
| MERCOSUR | Southern Common Market |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation |
| SADC | South African Development Community |
| SAPTA | South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| WAEMU | West African Economic and Monetary Union |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNECLAC | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNSD | United Nations Statistics Division |
| c.i.f. | cost, insurance and freight |
| f.o.b. | free on board |
| n.e.s. | not elsewhere specified |
| n.i.e. | not included elsewhere |
The following symbols are used in this publication:
| ... | not available or growth rates exceeding 500% |
| 0 | figure is zero or became zero due to rounding |
| - | not applicable |
| $ | United States dollars |
| Q1,Q2 | 1st quarter, 2nd quarter |
I |
break in comparability of data series. Data after the symbol do not form a consistent series with those from earlier years. |
Billion means one thousand million.
Minor discrepancies between constituent figures and totals are due to rounding.
Unless otherwise indicated, (i) all value figures are expressed in U.S. dollars; (ii) trade figures include the intra-trade of free trade areas, customs unions, geographical and other groups; (iii) merchandise trade figures are on a customs basis and (iv) merchandise exports are f.o.b. and merchandise imports are c.i.f. Data for the latest year are provisional.