The line graph illustrates the proportion of goods exported to four nations from Australia between 1990 and 2012.
In general, it is obvious that India imported the lowest percentage of Australian products, while Japan accounted for the largest value. Furthermore, the figure of China witnessed the most notable fluctuation over the reported period.
In the initial year, Japan’s data dominated others at about 25%. Despite some oscillation, this figure then gradually decreased to 17% in 2005. After a slight recovery in 2007, it dropped back to the previous value and settled there in the remainder of the period. The same downward trend was experienced by the US, which began at approximately 11%. Having dipped for 5 years to 8%, the US’s statistics rebounded to the initial value before decreasing again to 6% in the final half of the span.
In contrast, China’s import pattern, which occupied the third position in the first year, witnessed a substantial rise, surpassing the US’s, until 2007 when it significantly surged and dominated others to become the largest Australian goods market. An upward trend could also be observed in India but at a lower rate. It started sharply below China’s data and moderately increased to surpass that of the US and reached its peak at about 8% in 2009. However, in the final year, that figure plummeted to the last place in the chart.