Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations
| ABARE | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| AUD | Australian dollar |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (causes "mad cow" disease) |
| China | Peoples' Republic of China |
| ctn | carton |
| DSMD | days soil moisture deficit (a measure of drought) |
| e | estimate |
| EU | European Union |
| f | forecast |
| FAPRI | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
| FOB | free on board |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| ha | hectares |
| kg | kilograms |
| m3 | cubic metres |
| MAF | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| MDF | medium density fibreboard |
| Meat NZ | Meat New Zealand (New Zealand Meat Board) |
| mil | million |
| MPC | milk protein concentrate |
| MS | milksolids |
| MWI Economic Service | Meat and Wool Innovation's Economic Service |
| NEFD | National Exotic Forest Description |
| NIWA | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research |
| NZARES | New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| p | provisional |
| PMWS | post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome |
| SMP | skimmilk powder |
| South Korea | Republic of Korea |
| t | tonnes |
| Tectra Ltd | Subsidiary of Meat and Wool Innovation Ltd |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UKP | United Kingdom pound |
| US | United States of America |
| USD | United States dollar |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| WMP | Wholemilk powder |
| Yen | Japanese currency unit |
| z | projection |
Contact for Enquiries
Monitoring and Evaluation
PO Box 2526
Wellington
New Zealand
