ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| $b | billion (thousand million) dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Co–operation |
| ASEAN | Association of South–East Asian Nations |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| BOP | Balance of Payments |
| BPM5 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Fifth Edition, 1993 (International Monetary Fund) |
| BPM6 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition, 2009 (International Monetary Fund) |
| EU | European Union |
| IIP | International Investment Position |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| n.e.s. | not elsewhere specified |
| n.i.e. | not included elsewhere |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co–operation and Development |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region |