Technical note

Unless otherwise specified, all data referred to in this report are in nominal Australian dollars.

The principal sources of data are the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade STARS database, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of Japan, Japan's Ministry of Finance, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Monetary Fund.

All data are for calendar years, except for Australian historical data which are only available for the Australian financial year, which runs from 1 July to 30 June.

An edited version of the 'Note on results' from the 2008 DFAT-ANU Services Trade Project, prepared by Jenny Corbett, Fuku Kimura, Kazu Hayakawa and Arata Kuno, is available online at www.dfat.gov.au/eau.

Abbreviations and acronyms

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

AP6

Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

CAGE

cultural, administrative, geographic and economic

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

ELICOS

English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDP

gross domestic product

ICT

information and communication technology

IMF

International Monetary Fund

LNG

liquefied natural gas

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

R&D

research and development

TAFE

Technical and Further Education

WTO

World Trade Organization

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change