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