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COMCIECO Council of Ministers of Economic Integration
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
COMPETE Competitiveness and Trade Expansion
COPE Centre of Phytosanitary Excellence
CORE Consistently Optimised Resilient Ecosystem
CPCM Conseil Permanent Consultatif du Maghreb
CREATe Customs for Regional East African Trade
CTC Common Transit Convention
C-TPAT Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
DFID Department for International Development
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DTF Distance to Frontier
EAC East African Community
EAPIC East African Phytosanitary Information Committee
EBID ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development
ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States
ECO Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
ECTS Electronic Cargo Tracking System
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEFFEA East African Business Community
FGTAB Focus Group on Trading Across Borders
FTA Free Trade Agreement
GAFTA Greater Arab Free Trade Area
GATT General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GMS Greater Mekong Sub-region
GNC Globally Networked Customs
GPS Global Positioning System
HARC Hit and Run Cargo
HLED High Level Economic Dialogue
HS Harmonized System
HAS Health Science Authority
IATA International Air Transport Association
iBAC International Border Agency Cooperation
IBM Integrated Border Management
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICS Inter-Agency Control Station
ICT Information and Communication Technologies
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IOC Indian Ocean Commission
IP Intellectual Property