Country has a different meaning for exports and imports.
For exports, country refers to the country to which the goods were consigned at the time of export. For imports, country refers to the country of origin of the goods, that is, where the majority of processing of the goods takes place. Graphs 30.24 and 30.25 show, respectively, Australia's merchandise exports to selected countries and Australia's merchandise imports from selected countries in 1999-2000. Table 30.26 shows merchandise trade for the last three financial years, classified by country and the two country groups APEC and the European Union. Map 30.27 shows Australia's net balance of trade with the rest of the world in 1999-2000.