GENERAL INFORMATION
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABPC
AgBiotech Planning Committee
AgAtt
Agricultural Attache (USDA)
AFIA
American Feed Industry
Association
AFP
U.S.-China Agriculture and Food
Partnership
AMI
American Meat Institute
Andean
Andean Community of Nations.
Customs union including South
American countries of Bolivia,
Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.
APAR
Activity Plan Amendment Requirement
APPAMEX
Asociación de Proveedores
de Productos Agropecuarios
(México), A.C. (Association of the
Farming Products Suppliers)
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation. Forum of 21 Pacific
Rim member economies seeking
to promote free trade and
economic cooperation.
APHIS
Animal & Plant Health Inspection
Service (USDA)
APO
American Post Office
AQSIQ
General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine (China)
ASA
American Soybean Association
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian
Nations
ATO
Agricultural Trade Office (USDA)
BIO
Biotechnology Industry
Organization
BSBA
Black Sea Biotechnology
Association
BSE
Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy (mad cow
disease)
BSP
Biosafety Protocol
Bt
Bacillus thuringiensis
C&F
Cost and freight
CAC
Codex Alimentarius Commission
CAP
Convention on Biodiversity
CBOT
Chicago Board of Trade
CCAF
Codex Ad Hoc Task Force on
Animal Feeding
CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation
(USDA)
CCFICS
Codex Committee on Food Import
and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems
CCFL
Codex Committee on Food
Labeling
CGF
Corn Gluten Feed
CGM
Corn Gluten Meal
CCGP
Codex Committee on General
Principles
CIF
Cost, insurance and freight
CIS Commonwealth of Independent
States: Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia,
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine
and Uzbekistan
CISP
Comprehensive Industry Strategic
Plan
COA
Council of Agriculture (Taiwan)
COB
Close of business
Codex Codex Alimentarius
COFCO
China Oil and Foods Company
(large trading company)
COP/MOP
The Conference of the Parties/
Meeting of the Parties
CP
Charoen Pokphand, largest feed,
poultry and livestock integrator in
Asia
CPR
Country progress report
CTE
Committee on Trade and
Environment
Developing Markets
Enabling Trade
Improving Lives
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CY
Calendar year
DEA
Dollar expense account, USGC
domestic funds
DDG
Distiller’s dried grains
DDGS
Distiller’s dried grains with
solubles
DOC
Department of Commerce
DOS
Department of State
EEP
Export Enhancement Program
EEU
Eastern Europe
EMO
Emerging Markets Office
EMP
Emerging Markets Program
EPA
Environmental Protection
Administration
EU
European Union
FAEA
Food and Agriculture Export
Alliance
FAS
Foreign Agricultural Service
(USDA)
FAO
Food and Agriculture
Organization (UN)
FFP
Food for Progress program
(Tanzania)
FGIS
Federal Grain Inspection Service
FMD
Foreign Market Development
program
FOB
Free on board
FSU
Former Soviet Union
FTA
Free trade agreement
FY
Fiscal year
GAABT
Global Alliance for Ag Biotech
Trade
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade
GBI
Global Based Initiative
GCC Cooperation Council of the Arab
States of the Gulf (Arab Gulf
Cooperation Council)
GDP
Gross domestic product
GEM
Grain Export Mission
GIC
Global Industry Coalition
GIPSA
Grain Inspection Packers and
Stockyards Administration
(USDA)
GLI
Global LLP Initiative
GMO
Genetically modified organism
GMS
Global market strategy
GPRA
Government Performance and
Results Act
GSM
General sales manager
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IFIC
International Food Information
Council
IGTC
International Grain Trade
Coalition
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IP Identity-preserved
IPPC
International Plant Protection
Convention
ISAAA
International Service for the
Acquisition
of Agri-biotech Applications
ISGA
International Soybean Growers
Alliance
ISO
International Organization for
Standardization
JFMA
Japan Feed Manufacturers
Association
JFTA
Japan Feed Trade Association
KT
kilo ton
KFIA
Korean Feed Industry
Association
LTA
Latin America
LLP
Low level presence
MAFF
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries (Japan)
MAP
Market Access Program
MARD
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (Vietnam)
MAIZALL
Alliance of U.S., Brazilian and
Argentina corn producers to
advance global corn trade
MEA
Middle East (or MENA)
Mercosur Southern Cone Common Market
or Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
and Uruguay. Bolivia, Chile and Peru are associate members.
MFN
Most favored nation
MMR
Monthly management report
MLHW
Japan Ministry of Health, Labor
and Welfare
MOA
Ministry of Agriculture (China)
MPAR
Marketing plan amendment
request
MRL
Maximum residue level
MT
Metric ton (also mt)
MMT
Million metric tons (also mmt)
MTBE
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether
(oxygenate in petrol-based fuels)
MY
Marketing year
STRE
Sales and trade related
expense - hosted meals,
refreshments, receptions
TASC
Technical Assistance for
Specialty Crops
TBT
Technical barriers to trade
TEU
Twenty-foot Equivalent Units –
volume equivalent to that
occupied by one ISO 20-foot
container
TH.MT.
Thousand metric tons
(also th.mt. or TMT)
TPA
Trade promotion authority
TPC
Third party cooperator
TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership
TRQ
Tariff rate quota
T-TIP
Trans-Atlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership
UAE
United Arab Emirates
UES
Unified Export Strategy
USAEDC
U.S. Agriculture Export
Development Council
USAID
U.S. Agency for International
Development
USAPEEC
U.S.A. Poultry and Egg Export
Council
USB
United Soybean Board
USBCA
U.S. Biotech Crops Alliance
USCP
United Sorghum Checkoff Program
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFRA
U.S. Farmers and Ranchers
Alliance
USGC U.S. Grains Council
USMEF
U.S. Meat Export Federation
(also MEF)
USTR
U.S. Trade Representative
USSEC
U.S. Soybean Export Council
USW
U.S. Wheat Associates
WG
Working group
WTO
World Trade Organization
Developing Markets
Enabling Trade
Improving Lives
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GENERAL INFORMATION
NAEGA
North American Export Grain
Association
NAFTA
North American Free Trade
Agreement
NAPPO
North American Plant
Protection Organization
NCI
Northern Crops Institute
NCGA
National Corn Growers
Association
NBC
National Barley Council
NGFA National Grain and Feed
Association
NPPC
National Pork Producers
Council
NSP
National Sorghum Producers
OMB
Office of Management and
Budget
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries
PL-480
Public Law 480 (Food for
Peace Program)
PLA
Polylactic Acid
PNW
Pacific Northwest
PRC
People’s Republic of China
QSP
Quality samples program
SAG
State Association of Grain
(China)
SAGARPA
Mexico’s Secretariat for
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural
Development, Fisheries and
Foodstuffs
SBS Simultaneous buy and sell
(Japan barley purchasing
system)
SEA
Southeast Asia
SPS
Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary
SRTG
State Regional Trade Groups
(an association of State
Departments of Ag)