The following abbreviations have been used in this publication.
| $b | billion (thousand million) dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACS | Australian Customs Service |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| n.e.s. | not elsewhere specified |
| n.i.e. | not included elsewhere |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |