| AA | = The Aluminium Association - U.S.A. | GOST | = State Standard of U.S.S.R. |
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| ABS | = American Bureau of Shipping | IFI | = Industrial Fasteners Institute - U.S.A. |
| AISI | = American National Standards Institute | IS | = Indian Standards Institution |
| ANSI | = American Iron Steel Institute | ISO | = International Organization for Standardization |
| ASTM | = American Society for Testing and Materials | JIS | = Japanese Industrial Standard |
| AWS | = American Welding Society | LRS | = Lloyd' Register of Shipping |
| BS | = British Standard | NF | = French National Standards |
| CDA | = Copper Development Association - U.S.A. | SAE | = Society of Automotive Engineers - U.S.A. |
| DIN | = Deutsche Industrie Noemen - Germany | SMI | = Spring Manufacturers Institute - U.S.A. |
| EN | = European Standards | UNI | = Italian Standards |
| FS | = Federal Specifications - U.S.A. | VDEh | = Verein Deutscher Eisenhuttenleute - Germany |
| GB | = China National Standards | YB | = China Metallurgical Industry Standard |