ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
ADD |
apparent domestic demand |
AEC |
African Economic Community |
AFMA |
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act |
AFTA |
ASEAN Free Trade Area |
AGOA |
African Growth and Opportunity Act |
AIDS |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
ALCA (or FTAA) |
Free Trade Area for the Americas |
AML |
African Model Law |
AMS |
Aggregate Measurement of Support |
AoA |
Agreement on Agriculture |
AOIP |
African Organization for Industrial Property |
AoL |
Agreement of Libreville |
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APEDA |
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority |
APEXCI |
Association pour la Promotion des Exportations de Côte dIvoire |
APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection System |
APRAAP |
Agricultural Policy Research and Advocacy Assistance Programme |
AQIS |
Australia Quarantine Inspection Service |
ASAC |
Agricultural Sector Assistance Credit |
ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
BAFPS |
Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Products Standards |
BCCR |
Banco Central de Costa Rica |
BNTED |
Bureau National d'Etudes des Travaux |
BOLPRO |
Bolsa de Productos Agropecuarios |
BOP |
Balance of Payment |
BPPC |
Indonesian Clove Marketing Board |
BQA |
bilateral quarantine agreement |
BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
BULOG |
Indonesia Logistic Bureau c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight |
CACM |
Central American Common Market |
CAN |
Andean Community viii |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
CAPMAS |
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (Egypt) |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
CAT |
Certificado de Abono Tributario (Tax Credit Certificate) |
CBI |
Caribbean Basin Initiative |
CDF |
Commodity Development Framework |
CEPT |
Common Effective Preferential Tariff |
CET |
Common External Tariff |
CFNI |
Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute |
CNA |
National Confederation of Agriculture |
CoA |
Committee on Agriculture |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
DA |
Department of Agriculture |
DES |
dietary energy supply |
DFI |
direct foreign investment |
DFT |
Department of Foreign Trade |
DUS |
droit unique de sortie |
EAC |
East African Community |
EBA |
Everything but Arms |
ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
EO |
Executive Order |
EPF |
Export Promotion Fund |
ESAP |
Economic Structural Adjustment Program |
EU |
European Union |
FAOSTAT |
FAO Statistical Databases |
FAS |
Farm Assistance Scheme |
FDI |
foreign direct investment |
FITB |
Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Board |
FODESAF |
Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares |
FTA |
free trade area |
FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas |
FTIB |
Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Board |
GASC |
General Authority of Supply Commodities |
GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GB |
Green Box |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GM |
genetically modified ix |
GMB |
Grain Marketing Board |
GMO |
genetically modified organism |
GMP |
good manufacturing practice |
GOE |
Government of Egypt |
GSP |
Generalized System of Preferences |
HACCP |
hazard analysis critical control point |
HIPC |
highly indebted poor countries |
HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
HS |
Harmonized System (Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System) |
HTFA |
high-temperature forced air |
IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
IGAD |
Inter-Governmental Authority for Development |
IHMA |
Honduran Institute for Agricultural Marketing |
IIC |
Inter-Institutional Committee |
ILP |
import liberalization programme |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
INDECOPI |
National Agency for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property |
INS |
Institut National de Statistique |
IPR |
intellectual property rights |
ISRAA |
Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles |
ITA |
Institute of Food Technology (Senegal) |
JUNAC |
Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena |
LANADA |
Laboratoire National dAppui au Développement Agricole |
LCR |
local-content requirements |
LDC |
least developed country |
LIFDC |
low-income food-deficit country |
LOI |
letter of intent |
MAAIF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries - Uganda |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries - Fiji |
MAV |
minimum access volume |
MBS |
Malawi Bureau of Standards |
MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur) |
MFA |
Multi-Fibre Agreement |
MFN |
most favoured nation |
MSG |
Melanesian Spearhead Group |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NCTMN |
National Committee for Trade and Multilateral Negotiations x |
NER |
nominal exchange rate |
NFA |
National Food Authority |
NFIDC |
net food-importing developing country |
NFRA |
National Food Reserve Agency |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
NPS |
non-product-related support |
NTB |
non-tariff barrier |
NTM |
non-tariff measure |
OAMPI |
Office Africain et Malgache de la Propriété Industrielle |
OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
OCAB |
Office de la Commercialisation de lAnanas-Banane |
ODCs |
other duties or charges |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OGL |
open general licence |
OIPI |
Office ivoirien de la propriété intellectuelle |
PEAP |
Poverty Eradication Action Plan |
PICs |
Pacific Island Countries |
PPDEA |
Projet de Promotion et de Diversification des Exportations Agricoles |
PROCOMER |
Promotora de Comercio Exterior |
PS |
product-related support |
PSI |
pre-shipment inspection |
PTA |
Preferential Trade Area |
PVP |
plant variety protection |
QR |
quantitative restriction |
R&D |
research and development |
RCR |
resource cost ratio |
REER |
real effective exchange rate |
RIT |
temporary import regime |
RTA |
regional trading agreement |
SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
SAN |
Senegalese Association for Normalization |
SAP |
structural adjustment programme |
SDE |
small developing economies |
SDR |
Special Drawing Rights |
SDT |
special and differential treatment |
SENASA |
National Agricultural Sanitary Service |
SEPSA |
Secretaría Ejecutiva de Planificación Sectorial Agropecuaris (Costa Rica) |
SGS |
Société Générale de Surveillance xi |
SIDS |
small island developing states |
SPARTECA |
South Pacific Regional Trade Cooperation Agreement |
SPS |
sanitary and phytosanitary |
SSA |
sub-Saharan Africa |
SSG |
special safeguard |
SSOP |
sanitation standard operating procedure |
SSR |
self-sufficiency ratio |
STE |
state trading-enterprise |
STPI |
Service de la Technologie et de la Propriété Industrielle |
TBT |
technical barriers to trade |
TCI |
taxe conjoncturelle à limportation |
TDP |
taxe dégressive de protection |
TE |
triennium |
TMFE |
tonnes milk fat equivalent |
TQV |
tariff quota volume |
TRIMS |
trade-related investment measure |
TRIPS |
trade-related intellectual property standards |
TRP |
tariff reform programme |
TRQ |
tariff rate quota |
UBN |
unfulfilled basic needs |
UNBS |
Uganda National Bureau of Standards |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UPOV |
Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
UR |
Uruguay Round |
URA |
Uruguay Round Agreements |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
VAT |
value added tax |
VoP |
value of production |
WAEMU |
West African Economic and Monetary Union |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
ZIP |
industrial processing zone |