Agricultural food and drink sector - impact of future UK Free Trade Agreement scenarios: research

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABC Agricultural Budgeting and Costing (Book)

AEO Authorised Economic Operator (a quality mark that shows your role in the international supply chain is secure and your customs controls and procedures are efficient and meet EU standards)

AFBI Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

AHDB Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

APHA Animal and Plant Health Agency

ASF African Swine Fever

AU Australia

AUKUS Refers to a tri-lateral security pact between Australia, the UK and the US.

AVE Ad-Valorem Equivalent

BCP Border Control Post (Previously called Border Inspection Post (BIP))

CA Canada

CAP Common Agricultural Policy (of the EU)

CET Common External Tariff

CETA Canadian, European Trade Agreement

CGE Computational General Equilibrium

CPTPP Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership

CUSMA Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (also called USMCA)

CVED Common Veterinarian Entrance Document

CWE Carcase Weight Equivalent

DEFRA Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DPE Designated Port of Entry

ECB European Central Bank

EEA European Economic Area

EEC European Economic Community

EHC Export Health Certificate

EU European Union

EORI European Operator Registration and Identification Scheme (an EORI number is required to trade goods with countries outside the EU)

ERSA Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture

ESRC Economic and Social Research Council

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN)

FAPRI Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (economic model)

FBI Farm Business Income

FTA Free Trade Agreement

GCC Gulf Cooperation Council

GB Great Britain

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GVA Gross Value Added

HMRC Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs – government department

HS Harmonised System

HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule (used by the US)

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IPAFFS Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System

JIT Just-in-Time

JRC Joint Research Committee

Kt Thousand tonnes

LFA Less Favoured Area

LoLo Lift-on, Lift-off

MAGNET Modular Applied General Equilibrium Tool

MFN Most Favoured Nation

MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement

NI Northern Ireland

NCH National Clearance Hub

NFUS National Farmers' Union, Scotland

NTB Non-Tariff Barrier

NTM Non-Tariff Measure

NZ New Zealand

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

POAO Products of Animal Origin

QMS Quality Meat Scotland

RCEP Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

RESAS Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division

ROI Republic of Ireland

RoO Rules of Origin

RoRo Roll-on, Roll-off

RoW Rest of World

SASA Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture

SAWS Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme

SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary (Measures)

TCA Trade and Cooperation Agreement

TBT Technical Barriers to Trade

TIFF Total Income from Farming

ToR Terms of Reference

TRQ Tariff Rate Quota

UAE United Arab Emirates

UK United Kingdom

UKGT UK Global Tariff

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UN FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN)

US United States (of America)

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USITC United States International Trade Commission

USMCA United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (also called CUSMA)

UTL Unilateral Trade Liberalisation

WTO World Trade Organisation

WUR Wageningen University and Research