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STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS
Abbreviations and symbols

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ANDEAN Andean Common Market
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations
BOP Balance of Payments
BPM5 Balance of Payments Manual, fifth edition
CEFTA Central European Free Trade Agreement
CIS Commonwealth of Independent 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
FDI Foreign direct investment
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GNP Gross National Product
HS Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
IEA International Energy Agency
IMF International Monetary Fund
ISIC International Standard Industrial Classification
LDCs Least-developed countries
MERCOSUR Southern Common Market
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
SAPTA South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
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
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, regional and other country groupings; (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.

Closing date 31 August 2002

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