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In the interests of data comparability, the ABS urges users and providers of country data to collect, classify and disseminate data using the SACC from the time of its implementation. However, it is acknowledged that there will be circumstances where users need to convert data to the old ASCCSS basis. Similarly, users may wish to convert historical data to the SACC. To facilitate this process, concordances between the two classification structures are provided: Concordance SACC to ASCCSS and Concordance ASCCSS to SACC. The concordances are reasonably straightforward because, in most cases, the base-level units of the classifications (countries) retain a one-to-one relationship. The concordances itemise the code linkages between the countries, detail the links between the major groups and the minor groups, and indicate the movement of particular countries between groups in the two structures.

In some instances, there is not a direct relationship between country groupings within the two structures. For instance, the SACC Minor Group South Eastern Europe is composed of some of the countries from the ASCCSS Minor Groups Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Former USSR and the Baltic States. Therefore, South Eastern Europe (SACC) is linked to part of Southern Europe, part of Eastern Europe, and part of the former USSR and the Baltic States. Such partial linkages, at both the major group and minor group levels, are indicated by including the word 'part' after the name of the country group involved. This convention is used in both concordances.

SACC		ASCCSS
1 OCEANIA and ANTARCTICA		1 OCEANIA and ANTARCTICA
11 Australia (includes External Territories)		11 Australia 12 Australian External Territories
1101	Australia	1101	New South Wales
		1102	Victoria
		1103	Queensland
		1104	South Australia
		1105	Western Australia
		1106	Tasmania
		1107	Northern Territory
		1108	Australian Capital Territory
		1109	Other Territories
1102	Norfolk Island	1203	Norfolk Island
1199	Australian External Territories, nec	1299	Other Australian External Territories
12 New Zealand		13 New Zealand
1201	New Zealand	1301	New Zealand
13 Melanesia		14 Melanesia
1301	New Caledonia	1401	New Caledonia
1302	Papua New Guinea	1402	Papua New Guinea
1303	Solomon Islands	1403	Solomon Islands
1304	Vanuatu	1404	Vanuatu
14 Micronesia		15 Micronesia
1401	Guam	1502	Guam
1402	Kiribati	1503	Kiribati
1403	Marshall Islands	1504	Marshall Islands
1404	Micronesia, Federated States of	1501	Federated States of Micronesia
1405	Nauru	1505	Nauru
1406	Northern Mariana Islands	1506	Northern Mariana Islands
1407	Palau	1507	Palau
15 Polynesia (excludes Hawaii)		16 Polynesia (excluding Hawaii)
1501	Cook Islands	1601	Cook Islands
1502	Fiji	1602	Fiji
1503	French Polynesia	1603	French Polynesia
1504	Niue	1604	Niue
1505	Samoa	1606	Samoa, Western
1506	Samoa, American	1605	Samoa, American
1507	Tokelau	1607	Tokelau
1508	Tonga	1608	Tonga
1511	Tuvalu	1609	Tuvalu
1512	Wallis and Futuna	1610	Wallis and Futuna
1599	Polynesia (excludes Hawaii), nec	1699	Other Polynesia (excluding Hawaii)
16 Antarctica		17 Antarctica
1601	Adélie Land (France)	1701	Adélie Land (France)
1602	Argentinian Antarctic Territory	1702	Argentinian Antarctic Territory
1603	Australian Antarctic Territory	1703	Australian Antarctic Territory
1604	British Antarctic Territory	1704	British Antarctic Territory
1605	Chilean Antarctic Territory	1705	Chilean Antarctic Territory
1606	Queen Maud Land (Norway)	1706	Queen Maud Land (Norway)
1607	Ross Dependency (New Zealand)	1707	Ross Dependency (New Zealand)

SACC		ASCCSS
4 NORTH AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST		3 THE MIDDLE EAST and NORTH AFRICA (PART)
41 North Africa		32 North Africa (part)
4101	Algeria	3201	Algeria
4102	Egypt	3203	Egypt
4103	Libya	3204	Libya
4104	Morocco	3206	Morocco
4105	Sudan	3207	Sudan
4106	Tunisia	3208	Tunisia
4107	Western Sahara	3209	Western Sahara
4199	North Africa, nec	3299	Other North Africa
42 Middle East		31 The Middle East
4201	Bahrain	3101	Bahrain
4202	Gaza Strip and West Bank	3102	Gaza Strip
		3115	West Bank
4203	Iran	3103	Iran
4204	Iraq	3104	Iraq
4205	Israel	3105	Israel
4206	Jordan	3106	Jordan
4207	Kuwait	3107	Kuwait
4208	Lebanon	3108	Lebanon
4211	Oman	3109	Oman
4212	Qatar	3110	Qatar
4213	Saudi Arabia	3111	Saudi Arabia
4214	Syria	3112	Syria
4215	Turkey	3113	Turkey
4216	United Arab Emirates	3114	United Arab Emirates
4217	Yemen	3116	Yemen

6 NORTH-EAST ASIA		5 NORTHEAST ASIA
61 Chinese Asia (includes Mongolia)		51 Northeast Asia (part)
6101	China (excludes SARs and TaiwanProvince)	5101	China (excluding Taiwan Province)
6102	Hong Kong (SAR of China)	5102	Hong Kong
6103	Macau (SAR of China)	5106	Macau
6104	Mongolia	5107	Mongolia
6105	Taiwan	5108	Taiwan (Province of China)
62 Japan and the Koreas		51 Northeast Asia (part)
6201	Japan	5103	Japan
6202	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	5104	Korea, Democratic People's Republic (North)
6203	Korea, Republic of (South)	5105	Korea, Republic of