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" Exporting country" means, as the context requires, either (i) the Government of a country listed in Annex B to Article 111 which has accepted or acceded to this Agreement and has not withdrawn therefrom, or (ii) that country itself and the territories in respect of which the rights and obligations of its Government apply under Article XXIII. " F.a.q." means fair average quality. " F.0.b." means free on board ocean vessel. " Guaranteed quantity" • means in relation to an importing country its guaranteed purchases for a crop-year and in relation to an exporting its guaranteed sales for a crop-year. " Importing country" means, as the context requires, either (i) the Government of a country listed in Annex A to Article TIT which has accepted or acceded to this Agreement and has not withdrawn therefrom, or (ii) that country itself and the territories in respect of which the rights and obligations of its Government apply under Article XXIII. " International Trade Organization" means the Organization provided for in the Havana Charter, dated March 24, 1948, or, pending the establishment of that Organization, the Interim Commission established by a resolution adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment held in Havana from November 21, 1947, to March 24, 1948. " Marketing costs " means all usual charges incurred in procurement, marketing, chartering, and forwarding. "Metric ton" means 36*74371 bushels. " Old crop wheat" means wheat harvested more than two months prior to the beginning of the current crop-year of the exporting country concerned. " Territory " in relation to an exporting or importing country includes any territory in respect of which the rights and obligations under this Agreement of the Government of that country apply under Article XXIII. " Transaction" means a sale for import into an importing country of wheat exported or to be exported from an exporting country, or the quantity of such wheat so sold, as the context requires. \X£here reference is made in this Agreement to a transaction between an exporting country and an importing country, it shall be understood to refer not only to transactions between the government of an exporting country and the government of an importing country but also to transactions between private traders and to .transactions between a private