ACRONYMS- REGIONAL GROUPINGS AND ITS MEMBERS
| ACRONYMS | GROUPINGS | No. | NAME OF COUNTRIES |
| APTA | Asia Pacific Trade Agreement | 5 | Bangladesh, China, India, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian
Nations |
10 | Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam |
| BIMSTEC | Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi-Sectoral Trade and Economic Cooperation | 7 | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal |
| EFTA
|
European Free Trade Association | 4 | Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
| EU | European Union | 27 | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, ,Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, German, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council | 6 | Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Yemen |
| GSTP
|
Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries
|
44 | Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tanzania, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe |
| IBSA | India Brazil and South Africa | 3 | India, Brazil and South Africa |
| MERCOSUR | Southern Common Market | 4 | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay |
| SACU | Southern African Customs Union | 5 | South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia |
| SAFTA | South Asia Free Trade Agreement | 7 | India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives |
| IOR-ARC | Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation | 20 plus 7 Dialogue
Partners |
Australia, India, Kenya, Mauritius, Oman, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Yemen, Bangladesh, Iran, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Seychelles and the Union of Comoros
Dialogue Partners: China, Egypt, France, Japan, United Kingdom and USA |
| RCEP | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership | 16 | 10 ASEAN Members States (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)
+Plus its 6 FTA Partner countries (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand) |
