| 2008 SNA | System of National Accounts, 2008 |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AHECC | Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BEC | Broad Economic Categories |
| BOPBEC | Balance of Payments Broad Economic Categories |
| BPM6 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition |
| Cat. no. | Catalogue number of an ABS publication |
| CIF | Cost, insurance and freight |
| Customs and Border Protection | Australian Customs and Border Protection Service |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| FOB | Free on board |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| HS | Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (or Harmonized System) |
| HTISC | Harmonized Tariff Item Statistical Code |
| IMTS 2010 | International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions 2010 |
| IMTS Rev.2 | International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions, Rev. 2 (1998) |
| JPDA | Joint Petroleum Development Area |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co–operation and Development |
| PDF | Portable Document Format |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RKC | Revised Kyoto Convention |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| UN | United Nations |
| WCO | World Customs Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |