| Abbreviation | Description |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EMU | European Monetary Union |
| Endangered Species | Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) |
| Entente | Council of the Entente |
| Environmental Modification | Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESCWA | Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| est. | estimate |
| EU | European Union |
| Euratom | European Atomic Energy Community |
| Eutelsat | European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
| Ex-Im | Export-Import Bank of the United States |
| f.o.b. | free on board |
| F.Y.R.O.M. | The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAX | facsimile |
| FLS | Front Line States |
| FOC | flags of convenience |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany); used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91 |
| FSU | former Soviet Union |
| FY | fiscal year |
| FYROM | The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| FZ | Franc Zone |