| AFTA | ASEAN Free Trade Area |
| ANRPC | Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries |
| APEC | Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asia Nations |
| ASEP | ASEAN Sub-regional Environment Programme |
| ASOEN | ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment |
| CEPT | Common Effective Preferential Tariff |
EAEC | East Asia Economic Caucus |
| ECR | Export Credit Refinancing |
| EIA | Environmental impact assessment |
| EQA | Environmental Quality Act |
| EQC | Environmental Quality Council |
| FELCRA | Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority |
| FELDA | Federal Land Development Authority |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GNP | Gross national product |
| IADP | Integrated Agriculture Development Project |
| ICA | International Commodity Agreement |
| ICREA | International Commodity-Related Environmental Agreement |
| IMP | Industrial Master Plan |
| INFOTERRA | International referral system for sources of environmental information |
| INRA | International Natural Rubber Agreement |
| INRO | International Natural Rubber Organization |
| IPRs | Intellectual property rights |
| IRRDB | International Rubber Research and Development Board |
| ISC | Industrial Standards Committee |
| ITA | Investment Tax Allowance |
| MAC | Malaysian Accreditation Council |
| MARDEC | Malaysian Rubber Development Corporation |
| MARDI | Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute |
| MCB | Malaysian Cocoa Board |
| MIDA | Malaysian Industrial Development Authority |
| MPOPC | Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council |
| MRBs | Malaysian Rubber Bureaux |
| MRELB | Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board |
| MRPRA | Malaysian Rubber Producers’ Research Association |
| MRRDB | Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board |
| MTC | Malaysian Timber Council |
| NAP | National agricultural policy |
| NDP | New development policy |
| NEP | New economic policy |
| OPP1 | First Outline Perspective Plan (1971-1990) |
| OPP2 | Second Outline Perspective Plan (1991-2000) |
| PIA | Promotion of Investments Act |
| POME | Palm oil mill effluent |
| PORIM | Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia |
| PORLA | Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority |
| RRIM | Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia |
| RISDA | Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority |
| SIRIM | Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia |
| SMIs | Small and medium-sized industries |
| SMR | Standard Malaysian Rubber |
| TRIPs | Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
