| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ADR | Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road |
| AEO | Authorised Economic Operator |
| AIIB | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| ASYCUDA | United Nations Automated System for Customs Data |
| ATP | Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage |
| BCP | Border Control Post |
| CAREC | Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation programme |
| CIM | Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail |
| CIM/SMGS | CIM/SMGS consignment note (see SMGS below) |
| CKU | China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway |
| CMR | Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road |
| CRM | Critical Raw Materials |
| DTC | Digital Trade Corridor |
| EAEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECI | Economic Complexity Index |
| ECO | Economic Co-operation Organisation |
| EDB | Eurasian Development Bank |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EPCA | Enhanced Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (with the EU) |
| e-QMS | Electronic Queue Management System |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| ETT | Agreement on Uniform Transit Tariffs |
| ETT | EuroTransit Terminal |
| EU | European Union |
| EV | Electric vehicle |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit |
| GSP | EU Generalised System of Preferences |
| IFI | International Financial Institution |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| IRU | International Road Transport Union |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITF | International Transport Forum |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| km | Kilometres |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KTZ | Kazakhstan Temir Zholy,- Kazakhstan’s national railway company |
| m | Meters |
| NTC | National Transit Coordinator |
| OEC | Observatory of Economic Complexity |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD PMR | OECD Product Market Regulation |
| OECD RRI | OECD Foreign Direct Investment Regulatory Restrictiveness Index |
| OECD TFIs | OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators |
| OFID | OPEC Fund for International Development |
| OSJD | Organisation for Co-operation between Railways |
| OTIF | Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail |
| OTS | Organisation of Turkic States |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
| QMS | Queue Management System |
| RFID | Radio frequency identification |
| SCO | Shanghai Co-operation Organisation |
| SIPA | Sustainable Infrastructure Programme in Asia |
| SME | Small and medium sized enterprises |
| SMGS | Agreement on International Goods Transport by Rail |
| SOE | State-owned enterprise |
| SPECA | United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia |
| TCTC | Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor |
| TEU | Twenty-foot equivalent unit |
| TFA | WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement |
| TIR | International Road Transport Convention |
| TIR-EPD | TIR Electronic Pre-Declaration |
| TRACECA | Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia programme |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UN | Organisation of United Nations |
| UN/CEFACT | United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business |
| UNCTAD | UN Trade and Development |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| URL | Unified Railway Law |
| USD | US dollars |
| WB | World Bank |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
Enhancing the Competitiveness of the Trans‑Caspian Transport Corridor in Central Asia
