A New Era – Polymer Currency Notes: 1988 Onwards
Exports of Polymer Notes
The advanced technology used in Australian currency notes, with its advantages for anti-counterfeiting, durability and recycling, has attracted considerable interest from other countries.
By 2013, twenty nine (29) countries have issued polymer notes.
To date the majority of polymer note in circulation throughout the world have been printed on Australian-made polymer substrate.
| Year of first note | Country | |
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| 1990 | Singapore |
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| 1991 | Papua New Guinea |
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| 1991 | Western Samoa |
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| 1993 | Kuwait |
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| 1994 | Indonesia |
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| 1996 | Brunei Darussalam |
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| 1996 | Thailand |
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| 1998 | Malaysia |
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| 1998 | Sri Lanka |
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| 1999 | New Zealand |
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| 1999 | Northern Ireland |
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| 1999 | Romania |
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| 1999 | Taiwan |
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| 2000 | Bangladesh |
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| 2000 | Brazil |
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| 2001 | China |
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| 2001 | Solomon Islands |
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| 2001 | Vietnam |
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| 2002 | Mexico |
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| 2002 | Nepal |
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| 2003 | Zambia |
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| 2004 | Chile |
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| 2007 | Guatemala |
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| 2007 | Hong Kong |
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| 2007 | Nigeria |
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