Abbreviations and acronyms

AFOLU

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

AMIS

Agricultural Market Information System

ASF

African Swine Fever

bln

Billion

bln L

Billion litres

BRICS

Emerging economies of Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa

bln t

Billion metric tonnes

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy (European Union)

CETA

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

CIF

Cost, insurance and freight

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CPTPP

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

c.w.e.

Carcass weight equivalent

DDGs

Dried Distiller’s Grains

dw

Dry weight

dwt

Dressed carcass weight

EBA

Everything-But-Arms Initiative (European Union)

EISA

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United States)

El Niño

Climatic condition associated with the temperature of major sea currents

EPA

US Environmental Protection Agency

EPAs

Economic Partnership Agreements

ERS

Economic Research Service of the US Department for Agriculture

est

Estimate

EU

European Union, except the United Kingdom

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FFV

Flex-fuel Vehicles

FOB

Free on board (export price)

FTA

Free Trade Agreement

g

grams

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GIEWS

Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture

GM

Genetically modified

GSSE

General Services Support Estimate

GtCO2-eq

Giga tons of CO₂ equivalents

ha

Hectares

HFCS

High fructose corn syrup

ICAC

International Cotton Advisory Committee

IEA

International Energy Agency

IFA

International Fertilizer Association

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IGC

International Grains Council

ILUC

Indirect Land Use Change

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISO

International Sugar Organization

IUU

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing)

kg

Kilogrammes

kha

Thousand hectares

kt

Thousand metric tonnes

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

lb

Pound (weight)

LDCs

Least Developed Countries

lw

Live weight

MBM

Meat and bone meal

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MERCOSUR

Mercado Común del Sur / Common Market of South America

Mha

Million hectares

Mn

Million

Mn L

Million litres

MPS

Market Price Support

Mt

Million metric tonnes

Mt CO2-eq

Million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NGO

Non-governmental organization

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OIE

World Organisation for Animal Health

OLS

Ordinary Least Squares

p.a.

Per annum

PCE

Private consumption expenditure

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PSE

Producer Support Estimate

R&D

Research and development

RFS / RFS2

Renewable Fuels Standard in the United States, part of the Energy Policy Act

RTA

Regional Trade Agreements

r.t.c.

Ready to cook

r.w.e.

Retail weight equivalent

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals

SMP

Skim milk powder

SPS

Sanitary and Phyto sanitary measures (WTO agreement)

SSA

Sub-Saharan Africa

t

Metric tonnes

t/ha

Metric tonnes/hectare

tq

Tel quel basis (sugar)

TRQ

Tariff rate quota

UN

The United Nations

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

US

United States

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USMCA

United States—Canada—Mexico Agreement

WFP

World Food Programme

WHO

World Health Organization

WMP

Whole milk powder

WTO

World Trade Organization

Currencies

ARS

Argentinean peso

AUD

Australian dollars

BRL

Brazilian real

CAD

Canadian dollar

CLP

Chilean peso

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

EGP

Egyptian pound

EUR

Euro (Europe)

GDP

British pound sterling

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

INR

Indian rupee

JPY

Japanese yen

KRW

Korean won

MXN

Mexican peso

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

NZD

New Zealand dollar

PKR

Pakistani rupee

RUB

Russian ruble

SAR

Saudi riyal

THB

Thai baht

UAH

Ukrainian grivna

USD

US dollar

ZAR

South African rand

Summary table for country grouping in the Statistical Annex

Region	Category	Countries
North America	Developed	Canada, United States
Latin America	Developing	Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Europe	Developed	Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, European Union1, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Switzerland, Republic of North Macedonia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Africa	Developed	South Africa
	Developing	Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra-Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia	Developed	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
	Developing	Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Hong Kong China, Macao China, The People’s Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam, Yemen
Oceania	Developed	Australia, New Zealand
	Developing	American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall-Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands
LDC2		Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
BRICS		Brazil, The People’s Republic of China, India, Russian Federation, South Africa
← 1. Refers to all current European Member states except the United Kingdom.
← 2. Least Developed Countries (LDC) are a subgroup of developing countries.
Source: FAO, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#definitions

Summary table for regional grouping of countries

Region	Sub-region	Countries
Latin America and Caribbean		Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru
	South and Central America and the Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
North America		Canada, United States
Sub-Saharan Africa		Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa
	Africa Least Developed	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
	Other Sub-Saharan Africa	Botswana, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe
Europe and Central Asia		European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden), Israel, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
	Eastern Europe	Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Monaco, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia
	Central Asia	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Near East and North Africa		Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Saudi Arabia
	North Africa Least Developed	Mauritania, Sudan, Sudan (former)
	Other North Africa	Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
	Other Western Asia	Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Asia Pacific		Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, Viet Nam,
	Asia Least Developed	Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, Timor-Leste
	Other Developing Asia	Brunei Darussalam, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Hong Kong China, Macao China, Maldives, Federated States of Mongolia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei
	Oceania	American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands