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Abbreviations for countries and organisations
| A | - | Austria |
| ADN | - | Yemen |
| AFG | - | Afghanistan |
| ACP | - | African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries |
| AL | - | Albania |
| AND | - | Andorra |
| ASEAN | - | Federation of Asian Countries |
| AUS | - | Australia |
| B | - | Belgium |
| BD | - | Bangladesh |
| BDS | - | Barbados |
| BG | - | Bulgaria |
| BH | - | Belize |
| BOL | - | Bolivia |
| BR | - | Brazil |
| BRN | - | Bahrain |
| BRU | - | Brunei |
| BS | - | Bahamas |
| BU | - | Burundi |
| BUR | - | Burma |
| C | - | Cuba |
| CDN | - | Canada |
| CH | - | Switzerland |
| CI | - | Ivory Coast |
| CL | - | Ceylon |
| CO | - | Columbia |
| COMECON | - | Council for Mutual Economic Aid |
| CR | - | Costa Rica |
| CS | - | Czechoslovakia |
| CY | - | Cyprus |
| D | - | Federal Republic of Germany)* |
| DDR | - | German Democratic Republic)* |
| DK | - | Denmark |
| DOM | - | Dominican Republic |
| DZ | - | Algeria |
| E | - | Spain |
| EAK | - | Kenya |
| EAT | - | Tanzania |
| EAU | - | Uganda |
| EC | - | European Communities |
| ECU | - | Ecuador |
| ECE | - | Economic Commission for Europe |
| EFTA | - | European Free Trade Association |
| ES | - | El Salvador |
| ET | - | Egypt |
| ETH | - | Ethiopia |
| F | - | France |
| FIJ | - | Fiji Islands |
| FL | Principality of Liechtenstein | |
| FR | - | Faro Islands |
| GB | - | Great Britain |
| GBA | - | Alderney |
| GBG | - | Guernsey |
| GBJ | - | Jersey |
| GBM | - | Isle of Man |
| GBZ | - | Gibraltar |
| GCA | - | Guatemala |
| GH | - | Ghana |
| GR | - | Greece |
| GUY | - | Guyana |
| H | - | Hungary |
| HK | - | Hong Kong |
| HV | - | Upper Volta |
| I | - | Italy |
| IL | - | Israel |
| IND | - | India |
| IR | - | Iran |
| IRL | - | Ireland |
| IRQ | - | Iraq |
| IS | - | Iceland |
| J | - | Japan |
| JA | - | Jamaica |
| JOR | - | Jordan |
| K | - | Cambodia |
| KWT | - | Kuwait |
| L | - | Luxembourg |
| LAO | - | People's Democratic Republic of Laos |
| LAR | - | Libyan Arab Republic |
| LB | - | Liberia |
| LS | - | Lesotho |
| M | - | Malta |
| MA | - | Morocco |
| MAL | - | Malaysia |
| MC | - | Monaco |
| MEX | - | Mexico |
| MS | - | Mauritius |
| MW | - | Malawi |
| N | - | Norway |
| NA | Netherlands Antilles | |
| NIC | Nicaragua | |
| NL | Netherlands | |
| NZ | New Zealand | |
| OECD | - | Organisation for Economic |
| Cooperation and Development | ||
| OPEC | - | Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| P | - | Portugal |
| PA | - | Panama |
| PAK | - | Pakistan |
| PE | - | Peru |
| PL | - | Poland |
| PNG | - | Papua New Guinea |
| PY | - | Paraguay |
| Q | - | Qatar |
| RA | - | Argentina |
| RB | - | Botswana |
| RC | - | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| RCA | - | Central African Republic |
| RCB | - | Congo |
| RFC | - | Cameroon |
| RGW | - | see COMECON |
| RH | - | Haiti |
| RI | - | Indonesia |
| RIM | - | Mauritania |
| RL | - | Lebanon |
| RM | - | Madagascar |
| RMM | - | Mali |
| RN | - | Niger |
| RO | - | Rumania |
| ROK | - | Korea |
| ROU | - | Uruguay |
| RP | - | Philippines |
| RPB | - | Benin |
| RSM | - | San Marino |
| RWA | - | Rwanda |
| S | - | Sweden |
| SA | - | Saudi Arabia |
| SCV | - | Vatican City |
| SD | - | Swaziland |
| SF | - | Finland |
| SGP | - | Singapore |
| SME | - | Surinam |
| SN | - | Senegal |
| SP | - | Somalia |
| STL | - | Windward Island, Saint Lucia |
| SU | - | Soviet Union |
| SUD | - | Sudan |
| SY | - | Seychelles |
| SYR | - | Syria |
| TG | - | Togo |
| THA | - | Thailand |
| TJ | - | People's Republic of China |
| TN | - | Tunisia |
| TR | - | Turkey |
| TT | - | Trinidad and Tobago |
| UK | - | United Kingdom |
| USA | - | United States of America |
| USSR | - | Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (Soviet Union) |
| VN | - | Vietnam |
| WAG | - | Gambia |
| WAL | - | Sierra Leone |
| WAN | - | Nigeria |
| WD | - | Windward Island, Dominica |
| WG | - | Grenada |
| WS | - | Samoa |
| WV | - | Windward Island, Saint Vincent |
| Y | - | Yemen |
| YU | - | Yugoslavia |
| YV | - | Venezuela |
| Z | - | Zambia |
| ZA | - | South Africa |
| ZRE | - | Zaire |
| ZW | - | Zimbabwe |
Note: Where data only apply to certain Laender in the Federal Republic of Germany, an abbreviation for the Land was appended in brackets to the country abbreviation; example: D(HH) = Hansestadt Hamburg.
)* The abbreviations D and DDR apply to the political and legal situation before the 3rd of October 1990.