The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| 0, 0.0 | zero or rounded to zero |
| '000 | thousand |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABARE | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ADP | Automated Data Processing |
| AHECC | Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ASX | Australian Stock Exchange |
| billion | thousand million |
| cat. no. | catalogue number |
| cif | cost, insurance and freight |
| CNW | Change in Net Worth |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| e.g. | example |
| etc | etcetera |
| EU | European Union |
| excl | excluding |
| fob | free on board |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDPfc | Gross non-farm product at factor cost |
| GFCF | Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GG | General Government |
| Govt | Government |
| kWh | kilowatt hours |
| LPG | liquid petroleum gas |
| Mm3 | millions of cubic metres |
| Mt | mega tonne |
| M1 | Currency plus bank current deposits of the private non-bank sector |
| na | Not available |
| NBFI | Non-bank Financial Intermediaries |
| n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
| nes | Not elsewhere specified |
| NLB | Net Lending/Borrowing |
| NOB | Net Operating Balance |
| np | not published |
| nya | not yet available |
| NW | Net Worth |
| nya | not yet available |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PFC | Public Financial Corporations |
| PGFCF | Private Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
| PNFC | Public Non-financial Corporations |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| S&P/ASX 200 | Standard and Poor's Australian Stock Exchange top 200 |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| SUV | Sport Utility Vehicles |
| USA | United States of America |
| VFACTS | Vehicle facts |