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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


AWB

Australian Wheat Board

BNDES

Brazilian national development bank

BPA

Bilateral Payment Agreement (also known as account trade)

CAD

Cash against Documents

CBAO

Compagnie Bancaire de L'Afrique Occidentale

CCC

Commodity Credit Corporation (United States)

CIF

Cost, Insurance, Freight

CIRR

Commercial Interest Reference Rate

CMA

Crop Marketing Authority (Zambia)

COFACE

Compagnie Française d’Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur

COFCO

Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corporation (China)

CWB

Canadian Wheat Board

CWE

Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (Sri Lanka)

ECAs

Export Credit Agencies

EDC

Export Development Corporation (Canada)

EFIC

Export Finance Insurance Corporation (Australia)

EU

European Union

ExIm

Export-Import

FFP

Food for Progress (United States)

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GSM-102

Export Credit Guarantee Program (USA)

GSM-103

Intermediate Export Credit Guarantee Program (United States)

L/C

Letter of Credit

LDC

Least-Developed Country

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

MECIB

Malaysia Export Credit Insurance Bhd

MIGA

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (World Bank)

NFIDC

Net Food-Importing Developing Country

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

POCPA

Palm Oil Credit and Payment Arrangement (Malaysia)

SBCE

Brazilian Export Credit Insurance Company

SCGP

Supplier Credit Guarantee Program (United States)

SCM

Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

SME

Small and Medium Enterprises

STE

State Trading Entity

TCP

Trading Corporation of Pakistan

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

WTO

World Trade Organization

GASC

General Authority for Supply Commodities (Egypt)

FIHC

Food Industries Holding Company (Egypt)

NCPB

National Cereals and Produce Board (Kenya)


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