Common Abbreviations used in agricultural trade:
AI Avian Influenza
AMP Agricultural Marketing Plan
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
AQSIQ Chinese Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATO Agricultural Trade Office
CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CIF Cost, Insurance, Freight
CIQ Chinese Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
Cooperator US Agricultural Producer Association
CTR Consumption Tax Rate
EUSAFEC Eastern United States Agriculture and Food Export Council Corp.
FAS Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA)
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FOB Freight on Board
FMD Foot and Mouth Disease
FMD Foreign Market Development Program
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GBI Global Based Initiative
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GNP Gross National Product
HRI Hotel, Restaurant, Institutional
HS Harmonized System (product classification system for customs tariffs)
ICI Informal Commercial Importer
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
ITR Import Tax Rate
KG Kilograms
KM Kilometers
MIATCO Mid-American International Agri-trade Council
MT Metric tons
OAA Office of Agricultural Affairs
SKU Stock-keeping Unit
UES United Export Strategy
US United States of America
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USDOC United States Department of Commerce
SUSTA Southern United States Trade Association
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
VAT Value Added Tax
WTO World Trade Organization
WUSATA Western United States Agricultural Trade Association
YRD Yangtze River Delta
