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Country Code

Countries & Regions Country Name Country Code IDD Code
Afghanistan 阿富汗 AF 93
Albania 阿爾巴尼亞 AL 355
Algeria 阿爾及利亞 DZ 213
Andorra 安道爾共和國 AD 376
Angola 安哥拉 AO 244
Anguilla 安圭拉島 AI 1264
Antigua and Barbuda 安堤瓜及巴爾布達 AG 1268
Argentina 阿根廷 AR 54
Armenia 亞美尼亞 AM 374
Ascension 阿森松 247
Australia 澳大利亞 AU 61
Austria 奧地利 AT 43
Azerbaijan 阿塞拜疆 AZ 994
Bahamas 巴哈馬 BS 1242
Bahrain 巴林 BH 973
Bangladesh 孟加拉 BD 880
Barbados 巴巴多斯 BB 1246
Belarus 白俄羅斯 BY 375
Belgium 比利時 BE 32
Belize 伯利茲 BZ 501
Benin 貝寧 BJ 229
Bermuda Island 百慕大群島 BM 1441
Bolivia 玻利維亞 BO 591
Botswana 博茨瓦納 BW 267
Brazil 巴西 BR 55
Brunei 汶萊 BN 673
Bulgaria 保加利亞 BG 359
Burkina Faso 伯基納法索 BF 226
Burma 緬甸 MM 95
Burundi 布隆迪 BI 257
Cameroon 喀麥隆 CM 237
Canada 加拿大 CA 1
Cayman Island 開曼群島 1345
Central African Republic 中非共和國 CF 236
Chad 乍得 TD 235
Chile 智利 CL 56
China 中國 CN 86
Colombia 哥倫比亞 CO 57
Congo 剛果 CG 242
Cook Island 科克群島 CK 682
Costa Rica 哥斯大黎加 CR 506
Cuba 古巴 CU 53
Cyprus 賽普勒斯 CY 357
Czech Republic 捷克 CZ 420
Denmark 丹麥 DK 45
Djibouti 吉布地 DJ 253
Dominica Rep. 多明尼加共和國 DO 1890
Ecuador 厄瓜多爾 EC 593
Egypt 埃及 EG 20
EISalvador 薩爾瓦多 SV 503
Estonia 愛沙尼亞 EE 372
Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞 ET 251
Fiji 斐濟 FJ 679
Finland 芬蘭 FI 358
France 法國 FR 33
French Guiana 法屬圭亞那 GF 594
French Polynesia 法屬玻利尼西亞 PF 689
Gabon 加蓬 GA 241
Gambia 岡比亞 GM 220
Georgia 格魯吉亞 GE 995
Germany 德國 DE 49
Ghana 加納 GH 233
Gibraltar 直布羅陀 GI 350
Greece 希臘 GR 30
Grenada 格林伍德 GD 1809
Guam 關島 GU 1671
Guatemala 瓜地馬拉 GT 502
Guinea 幾內亞 GN 224
Guyana 圭亞那 GY 592
Haiti 海地 HT 509
Honduras 洪都拉斯 HN 504
Hong Kong 香港 HK 852
Hungary 匈牙利 HU 36
Iceland 冰島 IS 354
India 印度 IN 91
Indonesia 印尼 ID 62
Iran 伊朗 IR 98
Iraq 伊拉克 IQ 964
Ireland 愛爾蘭 IE 353
Israel 以色列 IL 972
Italy 義大利 IT 39
IvoryCoast 象牙海岸 225
Jamaica 牙買加 JM 1876
Japan 日本 JP 81
Jordan 約旦 JO 962
Kampuchea (Cambodia ) 柬埔寨 KH 855
Kazakhstan 哈薩克斯坦 KZ 327
Kenya 肯雅 KE 254
Korea 韓國 KR 82
Kuwait 科威特 KW 965
Kyrgyzstan 吉爾吉斯坦 KG 331
Laos 老撾 LA 856
Latvia 拉脫維亞 LV 371
Lebanon 黎巴嫩 LB 961
Lesotho 萊索托 LS 266
Liberia 利比理亞 LR 231
Libya 利比亞 LY 218
Liechtenstein 列支敦士登 LI 423
Lithuania 立陶宛 LT 370
Luxembourg 盧森堡 LU 352
Macao 澳門 MO 853
Madagascar 馬達加斯加 MG 261
Malawi 馬拉維 MW 265
Malaysia 馬來西亞 MY 60
Maldives 馬爾代夫 MV 960
Mali 馬里 ML 223
Malta 馬爾他 MT 356
Mariana Island 馬里亞那群島 1670
Martinique 馬提尼克 596
Mauritius 毛里求斯 MU 230
Mexico 墨西哥 MX 52
Moldova, Republic of 莫爾達瓦 MD 373
Monaco 摩納哥 MC 377
Mongolia 蒙古 MN 976
Montserrat Island 蒙特塞拉特島 MS 1664
Morocco 摩洛哥 MA 212
Mozambique 莫三比克 MZ 258
Namibia 納米比亞 NA 264
Nauru 瑙魯 NR 674
Nepal 尼泊爾 NP 977
Netherlands Antilles 荷屬安的列斯 599
Netherlands 荷蘭 NL 31
NewZealand 新西蘭 NZ 64
Nicaragua 尼加拉瓜 NI 505
Niger 尼日爾 NE 227
Nigeria 尼日利亞 NG 234
North Korea 朝鮮 KP 850
Norway 挪威 NO 47
Oman 阿曼 OM 968
Pakistan 巴基斯坦 PK 92
Panama 巴拿馬 PA 507
Papua New Guinea 巴布亞新磯內亞 PG 675
Paraguay 巴拉圭 PY 595
Peru 秘魯 PE 51
Philippines 菲律賓 PH 63
Poland 波蘭 PL 48
Portugal 葡萄牙 PT 351
Puerto Rico 波多黎各 PR 1787
Qatar 卡塔爾 QA 974
Reunion 留尼旺 262
Romania 羅馬尼亞 RO 40
Russia 俄羅斯 RU 7
Samoa Eastern 東薩摩亞(美) 684
Samoa Western 西薩摩亞 685
San Marino 聖馬利諾 SM 378
Sao Tome and Principe 聖多美及普林西比島 ST 239
Saudi Arabia 沙烏地阿拉伯 SA 966
Senegal 塞內加爾 SN 221
Seychelles 塞舌耳 SC 248
Sierra Leone 塞拉里昂 SL 232
Singapore 新加坡 SG 65
Slovakia 斯洛伐克 SK 421
Slovenia 斯洛文尼亞 SI 386
Solomon Island 所羅門群島 SB 677
Somali 索馬里 SO 252
South Africa 南非 ZA 27
Spain 西班牙 ES 34
Sri Lanka 斯里蘭卡 LK 94
St. Lucia 聖盧西亞 LC 1758
St. Vincent 聖文森特 VC 1784
Sudan 蘇丹 SD 249
Suriname 蘇里南 SR 597
Swaziland 斯威士蘭 SZ 268
Sweden 瑞典 SE 46
Switzerland 瑞士 CH 41
Syria 敘利亞 SY 963
Taiwan 臺灣省 TW 886
Tajikistan 塔吉克斯坦 TJ 992
Tanzania 坦桑尼亞 TZ 255
Thailand 泰國 TH 66
Togo 多哥 TG 228
Tonga 湯加 TO 676
Trinidad and Tobago 特立尼達和多巴哥 TT 1809
Tunisia 突尼斯 TN 216
Turkey 土耳其 TR 90
Turkmenistan 土庫曼斯坦 TM 993
Uganda 烏干達 UG 256
Ukraine 烏克蘭 UA 380
United Arab Emirates 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 AE 971
United Kingdom of Britain 英國 GB 44
United States of America 美國 US 1
Uruguay 烏拉圭 UY 598
Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦 UZ 233
Venezuela 委內瑞拉 VE 58
Vietnam 越南 VN 84
Yemen 葉門 YE 967
Yugoslavia 南斯拉夫 YU 381
Zaire 薩伊 ZR 243
Zambia 尚比亞 ZM 260
Zimbabwe 辛巴威 ZW 263

 

 

Glossary for China economic and trade

1st tier cities
1st tier cities are municipalities directly administered by the central government (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai Chongqing) that are designated as the major economic and commercial centres of China. But in terms of the actual state of development, only Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are recognized as the first tier cities.

2nd and 3rd tier cities
s are regional economic centres/cities other than Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Administratively, regional economic centres are basically provincial capital cities or subprovincial cities which have independent economic status within a province. 3rd tier cities are larger cities which are economically more developed but are not the provincial capital or subprovincial cities.

PRD
Production line in a PRD factory
Acronym in full: The Pearl River Delta
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is one of China’s leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center located at the south. The PRD economic zone is formed by 9 cities, namely Guangzhou (the provincial capital), Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhongshan, Dongguan, four districts and counties of Huizhou and four districts and counties of Zhaoqing. Continue reading

Economic Glossary

BRICS
The acronym for an association of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

G8
Acronym in full: The Group of Eight
The Group of Eight (G8) is a forum for the governments of eight of the world’s largest national economies, United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada and Russia. With the G20 major economies growing in stature, world leaders from the group announced in 2009 that the group will replace the G8 as the main economic council of wealthy nations. Continue reading

Glossary for Letter of Credit (L/C Glossary)

Acceptance Draft
payable at a fixed or determinable future date, upon the face of which the drawee has acknowledged in writing his/her obligation to pay at maturity.

 

Account Party
The party instructing the bank to open a letter of credit and on whose behalf the bank agrees to make payment. In most cases, the account party is the importer/buyer, and is also known as the applicant. Continue reading

Glossary for International Trade

Abusive Draw
Drawing on a standby letter of credit when no violation of the underlying contract has occurred.

 

Acceptance
Acceptance constitutes an unconditional obligation on the part of the accepting party to pay the draft at maturity. A draft accepted by a bank is called a “banker’s acceptance” whereas one accepted by a company is called a “trade acceptance.”

 

Account Party
Party for whom a letter of credit is opened. “Account party” and “applicant” are the same, but sometimes one party will agree with the issuing bank to make all payments under a letter of credit showing the name of another party (as in the case of affiliated companies). Banks may refer to one of these parties as the applicant and the other as the account party. Continue reading

Container Capacity

Type of               
Container
Internal Dimension
(mm)
Door Opening
(mm)
Capacity
(cu.m.)
Max Pay   
Load
 (Kgs)
Container   
Tare
 (Kgs)
Max Gross 
Weight
 (Kgs)
20 foot
Dry Container
L: 5,900
W: 2,345
H: 2,380
W: 2,345
H: 2,380
32.8 21,750 2,250 24,000
20 foot
Heavy Tested
Dry Container
L: 5,900
W: 2,345
H: 2,380
W: 2,345
H: 2,380
32.8 28,000 2,400 30,400
40 foot
Dry Container
L: 12,000
W: 2,348
H: 2,380
W: 2,338
H: 2,277
67.1 26,660 3,680 30,480
40 foot
High Cube
Steel Dry
Container
L: 12,000
W: 2,348
H: 2,690
W: 2,338
H: 2,577
75.8 26,280 4,000 30,280
20 foot
Open Top
Container
L: 5,900
W: 2,346
H: 2,330
W: 2,338
H: 2,277
32.0 18,120 2,200 20,320
40 foot
Open Top
Container
L: 12,037
W: 2,345
H: 2,330
W: 2,338
H: 2,277
65.5 26,380 4,100 30,480
20 foot
Steel Reefer
Container
(integral type)
L: 5,504
W: 2,290
H: 2,263
W: 2,290
H: 2,239
28.5 27,440 3,040 30,480
40 foot
High Cube
Steel Reefer
Container
L: 11,573
W: 2,290
H: 2,544
W: 2,290
H: 2,509
67.4 26,080 4,400 30,480