APPENDIX COUNTRIES AND GROUPS
ORDER OF COUNTRIES AND GROUPS
COUNTRIES AND GROUPS
Argentina
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium and Luxembourg
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
China, People’s Republic of
Denmark
Fiji
Finland
France (includes Monaco and Andorra)
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong (SAR of China)
India
Indonesia
Ireland, Republic of
Italy (includes San Marino and Vatican City)
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Russian Federation
Singapore
South Africa
Spain (includes Canary Islands)
Sweden
Switzerland (includes Liechtenstein)
Taiwan
Thailand
Timor Leste
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Viet Nam
Africa n.e.s.
America n.e.s.
Asia n.e.s.
Central America and Caribbean n.e.s.
Europe n.e.s.
Oceania n.e.s.
Reserve Bank Gold
International capital markets
International institutions
Unallocated
Total all countries
APEC
ASEAN
EU
OECD
COMPOSITION OF GROUPS
AFRICA N.E.S.
Includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spanish Sahara, Saint Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Care should be exercised whenever the residual country groupings is designated ‘not elsewhere specified’ (or n.e.s.). See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes.
AMERICA N.E.S.
Includes Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, St Pierre and Miquelon, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Care should be exercised whenever the residual country groupings is designated ‘not elsewhere specified’ (or n.e.s.). See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes.
ASIA N.E.S.
Includes Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North), Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Macau (SAR of China), Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Yemen. Care should be exercised whenever the residual country groupings is designated ‘not elsewhere specified’ (or n.e.s.). Data reported for the region as a whole can make up a significant proportion of the residual country grouping and it is not advised to make assumptions about investment income, transactions or positions of individual countries in the residual grouping based on the total for the grouping. See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes.
CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN N.E.S.
Includes Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French West Indies, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward and Windward Islands, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands. Care should be exercised whenever the residual country groupings is designated ‘not elsewhere specified’ (or n.e.s.). See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes.
EUROPE N.E.S.
Includes Albania, Azores, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Care should be exercised whenever the residual country groupings is designated ‘not elsewhere specified’ (or n.e.s.). Data reported for the region as a whole can make up a significant proportion of the residual country grouping and it is not advised to make assumptions about investment income, transactions or positions of individual countries in the residual grouping based on the total for the grouping. See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes.
OCEANIA N.E.S.
Includes American Samoa, Australian Antarctic Territory, Canton and Enderbury Islands, Caroline Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Fanning Island, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territory, Gardner Island, Guam, Johnston and Sand Islands, Kiribati, Marquesas Islands, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Midway Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn, Ocean Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, Tuvalu, United States Pacific Islands n.i.e., Vanuatu, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna and Washington Island. Care should be exercised whenever the residual country groupings is designated ‘not elsewhere specified’ (or n.e.s.). See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes.
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
This category is used for securities issued on several markets at once (e.g. Eurobonds) and loans made by a syndicate of lenders in several countries (e.g. Euro-currency or Asian dollar loans).
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
This category is used for securities issued and loans made by non-countries, which include such organisations as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Bank of Reconstruction and Development and International Institutions unspecified.
APEC
Includes Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong (SAR of China), Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United States of America and Viet Nam.
ASEAN
Includes Brunei Darussalam, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
EU
Includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic and Slovenia are included from July 2004.
OECD
Includes Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America.