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- Abbreviations:
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- avdp. avoirdupois
- c.i.f. cost, insurance, and freight
- CY calendar year
- DWT deadweight ton
- est. estimate
- Ex-Im Export-Import Bank of the United States
- f.o.b. free on board
- FRG Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
- FY fiscal year
- GDP gross domestic product
- GDR German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
- GNP gross national product
- GRT gross register ton
- km kilometer
- km2 square kilometer
- kW kilowatt
- kWh kilowatt-hour
- m meter
- NA not available
- NEGL negligible
- nm nautical mile
- NZ New Zealand
- ODA official development assistance
- OOF other official flows
- PDRY People's Democratic Republic of Yemen {Yemen (Aden)
- or South Yemen}
- UAE United Arab Emirates
- UK United Kingdom
- US United States
- USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union)
- YAR Yemen Arab Republic {Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen}
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- International Organization Abbreviations:
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- ACC Arab Cooperation Council
- ACP African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries (assoc. with EC)
- ADB Asian Development Bank
- AfDB African Development Bank
- AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
- AIOEC Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries
- AL Arab League or League of Arab States
- AMF Arab Monetary Fund
- AMU Arab Maghreb Union
- --- Andean Pact
- ANRPC Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries
- ANZUS ANZUS Council
- AP Andean Pact
- APC African Peanut (Groundnut) Association
- ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASPAC Asian and Pacific Council
- ASSIMER International Mercury Producers Association
- --- Association of Tin Producing Countries
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- BADEA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
- BCIE Central American Bank for Economic Integration
- Benelux Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Economic Union
- BIS Bank for International Settlements
- BLEU Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union
- BOAD West African Development Bank
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- C Commonwealth
- CACM Central American Common Market
- CAEU Council of Arab Economic Unity
- CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market
- CCC Customs Cooperation Council
- CDB Caribbean Development Bank
- CE Council of Europe
- CEAO West African Economic Community
- CEEAC Economic Community of Central African States
- CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (sometimes CMEA or
- Comecon)
- CENTO Central Treaty Organization
- CEPGL Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research
- CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel
- CIPEC Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries
- CMEA see CEMA
- Comecon see CEMA
- --- Conference of East and Central African States
- CP Colombo Plan
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- DAC Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
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- EADB East African Development Bank
- EAMA African States associated with the EC
- EC European Communities
- ECA Economic Commission for Africa (UN)
- ECE Economic Commission for Europe (UN)
- ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America (UN)
- ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
- ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (UN)
- ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
- ECWA Economic Commission for Western Asia (UN)
- EFTA European Free Trade Association
- EIB European Investment Bank
- EMS European Monetary System
- Entente Council of the Entente
- ESA European Space Agency
- ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
- ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN)
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- FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
- FZ Franc Zone
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- G-8 Group of Eight
- G-10 Group of Ten
- G-77 Group of 77
- GA General Assembly (UN)
- GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (UN)
- GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
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- IADB Inter-American Development Bank
- IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (UN)
- IATP International Association of Tungsten Producers
- IBA International Bauxite Association
- IBEC International Bank for Economic Cooperation
- IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or
- World Bank (UN)
- ICAC International Cotton Advisory Committee
- ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization (UN)
- ICC International Chamber of Commerce
- ICCO International Cocoa Organization
- ICEM Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration
- ICES International Cooperation in Ocean Exploration
- ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- ICJ International Court of Justice (UN)
- ICM Intergovernmental Committee for Migration
- ICO International Coffee Organization
- ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
- IDA International Development Association (IBRD affiliate, UN)
- IDB Inter-American Development Bank
- IDB Islamic Development Bank
- IEA International Energy Agency (associated with OECD)
- IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
- IFC International Finance Corporation (IBRD affiliate, UN)
- IHO International Hydrographic Organization
- IIB International Investment Bank
- ILO International Labor Organization (UN)
- ILZSG International Lead and Zinc Study Group
- IMF International Monetary Fund (UN)
- IMO International Maritime Organization (UN)
- INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organization
- INRO International Natural Rubber Organization
- INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
- INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
- IOC International Olympic Committee
- IOOC International Olive Oil Council
- IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union
- IRC International Rice Council
- ISO International Sugar Organization
- ITC International Tin Council
- ITU International Telecommunication Union (UN)
- IWC International Whaling Commission
- IWC International Wheat Council
- LAES Latin American Economic System
- LAIA Latin American Integration Association
- --- Lake Chad Basin Commission
- LORCS League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- --- Mano River Commission
- --- Mekong Committee
- MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
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- NAM Nonaligned Movement
- NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NC Nordic Council
- NCC Nordic Council of Ministers
- NEA Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
- NIB Nordic Investment Bank
- --- Niger River Commission
- --- Nordic Council
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- OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OAS Organization of American States
- OAU Organization of African Unity
- OCAM Afro-Malagasy and Mauritian Common Organization
- ODECA Organization of Central American States
- OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
- OIC Organization of the Islamic Conference
- OMVS Organization for the Development of the Senegal River Valley
- OPANAL Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
- and the Caribbean
- OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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- PAHO Pan American Health Organization
- PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration
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- SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- SADCC Southern African Development Coordination Conference
- SC Security Council (UN)
- SELA Latin American Economic System
- SPC South Pacific Commission
- SPEC South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation
- SPF South Pacific Forum
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- TC Trusteeship Council (UN)
- TDB Trade and Development Board (UN)
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- UDEAC Central African Customs and Economic Union
- UEAC Union of Central African States
- UN United Nations
- UNCTAD UN Conference on Trade and Development
- UNDP UN Development Program
- UNESCO UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- UNHCR UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNICEF UN Children's Fund
- UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organization
- UPEB Union of Banana Exporting Countries
- UPU Universal Postal Union (UN)
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- WCL World Confederation of Labor
- WEU Western European Union
- WFC World Food Council (UN)
- WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions
- WHO World Health Organization (UN)
- WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization (UN)
- WMO World Meteorological Organization (UN)
- WP Warsaw Pact
- WPC World Peace Council
- WSG International Wool Study Group
- WTO World Tourism Organization
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- Source: "The World Factbook 1990," Central Intelligence Agency,
- Washington, DC.