| BERR | Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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| CAAT | Campaign Against Arms Trade
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| CHIEF | Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (an IT system)
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| COARM | EU Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports
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| DESO | Defence Export Sales Organisation
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| DfID | Department for International Development
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| DSEi | Defence Systems and Equipment International
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| DSO | Defence Sales Organisation
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| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry, now BERR
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| ECA | Export Control Act 2002
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| ECO | Export Control Organisation
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| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States
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| EDA | European Defence Agency
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| EDTIB | European Defence Technological and Industrial Base
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| EGAD | Export Group on Aerospace and Defence
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| EPU | Entry Processing Unit |
| EU | European Union |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| GGE | Group of Governmental Experts
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| HMRC | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
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| MANPADS | Man-Portable Air Defence Systems
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| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| NAO | National Audit Office |
| NCH | National Clearance Hub
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| OGEL | Open General Export Licence
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| OITCL | Open Individual Trade Control Licence
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| PSI | Proliferation Security Initiative
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| SALW | small arms and light weapons
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| SCT | Southampton Container Terminal
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| SIEL | Standard Individual Export Licence
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| SPIRE | Shared Primary Information Resource Environment (an IT system)
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| SUA | 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (the SUA Protocol)
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| UKBA | UK Border Agency |
| UKTI | UK Trade and Investment
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| UN | United Nations |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction
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