ASEAN - The term ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations and refers to the ten-country political association comprising Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. However, when used in the statistical tables, the term excludes Singapore. ASEAN includes Vietnam with effect from 1995, Laos and Myanmar with effect from August 1997 and Cambodia with effect from May 1999.
GERMANY - Data prior to January 1991 refers to West Germany only.
SCANDINAVIA - Scandinavia comprises Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
CIS & EASTERN EUROPE - CIS' denotes the Commonwealth of Independent States, which consists of Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan,Turkmenistan and Georgia.