Abbreviations and Acronyms

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ACIT

Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (Administration des Douanes et ImpÙts Indirects) (Morocco)

ACV

Agreement on Customs Valuation

ASYCUDA

Automated System for Customs Data

BOC

Bureau of Customs (Philippines)

CCMS

Computerized Customs Management System (Turkey)

CEPS

Customs, Excise, and Preventive Services (Ghana)

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CSCC

Computerized Support for Customs Clearance

DFID

Department for International Development (United Kingdom)

DIS

destination inspection services

DTI

direct trader input

EDI

electronic data interchange

EU

European Union

GCMS

Ghana Customs Management System

GCNet

Ghana Community Network

GDP

gross domestic product

ICT

information and communication technology

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IMF

International Monetary Fund

ITS

Intertek Testing Services

MEF

Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)

MOF

Ministry of Finance

MOTI

Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ghana)

NCB

National Customs of Bolivia (Aduana Nacional de Bolivia)

NCS

National Customs Service (Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas) (Peru)

PSI

preshipment inspection

PTCP

Philippine Tax Computerization Project

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SGS

SociÈtÈ GÈnÈrale de Surveillance

SPACE

selectivity, postaudit, advance clearance, client self-assessment, and electronic data processing

TCA

Turkish Customs Administration

TIMS

Trade Information Management System

TURC

Technical Unit for Restructuring Customs (Unitade TÈcnica de Reforma das Alf„ndegas) (Mozambique)

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

URA

Uganda Revenue Authority

VAT

value...