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A.2 List of abbreviations<br />

BEC Broad economic classification<br />

BRIC Brazil, Russia, India and China<br />

CPA Classification of products by activity<br />

COICOP Classification of individual consumption by<br />

purpose<br />

COMEXT Statistical database from and between<br />

European Union countries<br />

COMTRADE Commodity Trade Statistics Database<br />

EPO European Patent Office<br />

FDI Foreign direct investment<br />

IIT Intra‑industry trade<br />

GDP Gross domestic product<br />

GFCF Gross fixed capital formation<br />

GL Grubel‑Loyd<br />

ICT Information and communication technologies<br />

IMF International Monetary Fund<br />

IO Input‑ouput<br />

M Imports<br />

AT Austria<br />

BE Belgium<br />

BG Bulgaria<br />

CY Cyprus<br />

CZ Czech Republic<br />

DE Germany<br />

DK Denmark<br />

EE Estonia<br />

ES Spain<br />

<strong>EU</strong> European Union<br />

<strong>EU</strong>‑27 27 Member States of the European Union<br />

FI Finland<br />

FR France<br />

GR Greece<br />

HU Hungary<br />

abbreviations<br />

The following symbols are used in this publication:<br />

na not available<br />

0 figure is zero or became zero due to rounding<br />

‑ not applicable<br />

Small discrepancies between constituent figures and totals are due to rounding.<br />

Closing date 30/06/2011<br />

NACE Nomenclature Générale des Activités<br />

Annexes<br />

OECD<br />

Économiques dans les Communautés<br />

Européennes (French, <strong>EU</strong> classification system)<br />

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and<br />

Development<br />

PAT Patent<br />

RCA Revealed comparative advantage<br />

R&D Research and development<br />

RTB Relative trade balance<br />

SBS Structural Business Statistics from Eurostat<br />

Si Specialisation index<br />

ULC Unit labour cost<br />

UN United Nations<br />

UNIDO United Nations <strong>industrial</strong> development<br />

organisation<br />

USPO The United States Patent and Trademark Office<br />

WTO World Trade Organisation<br />

X Exports<br />

IE Ireland<br />

IT Italy<br />

LT Lithuania<br />

LU Luxembourg<br />

LV Latvia<br />

MT Malta<br />

NL Netherlands<br />

PL Poland<br />

PT Portugal<br />

RO Romania<br />

SE Sweden<br />

SI Slovenia<br />

SK Slovakia<br />

UK United Kingdom<br />

US United States<br />

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