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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS


ACP

African, Caribbean and Pacific States

BSE

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

CEEC

Central Eastern European Countries

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

EBA

Everything-But-Arms

EC

European Community

FAPRI

Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute

GDP

gross domestic product

GMO

genetically modified organisms

GNP

gross national product

HIV/AIDS

human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ICO

International Coffee Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

ISA

International Sugar Organisation

LAC

Latin American and the Caribbean

LDC

least developed countries

LIFDCs

low-income food-deficit countries

MBM

meat-and-bone meal

MUV

manufactured unit value

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NFIDCs

net food-importing developing countries

NFC

not-from-concentrate

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

SIDA

Swedish International Development Agency

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary

SUAs

supply/utilization accounts

TRQ

Tariff Rate Quotas

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

URA

Uruguay Round Agreement

URAA

Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

WTO

World Trade Organization


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