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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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