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SIECA Sistema de la Integración Económica Centroamericana
SME Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
SOPs Standard Operating Procedures
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary
SSI Streamlining of Single-Stop Inspection
SW Single Window
TAIEX Technical Assistance and Information Exchange
TBT Technical Barriers to Trade
TFA Trade Facilitation Agreement
TIS Trade Information System
TMEA TradeMark East Africa
TIR Transports Internationaux Routier
TRS Time Release Study
UAE United Arab Emirates
UCC Union Customs Code
UEMOA Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine
UN United Nations
UNBS Uganda National Bureau of Standards
UN/CEFACT UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
URA Uganda Revenue Authority
USA United States of America
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USBP United States Border Patrol
VNACCS Vietnam Automated Cargo Clearance System
WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union
WATIP Promoting West African Trade Integration
WCO World Customs Organization
WEF World Economic Forum
WHO World Health Organization
WTO World Trade Organization