WTO | Statistics - International trade statistics

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
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 2001