The line graph illustrates the proportion of Australian exports in Japan, US, China and India between 1990 and 2012.
In general, China was the most popular importing country from 2010 to 2012. Also, while the statistics of Australian exports to Japan and the US decrease gradually, the percentage of Chinese and Indian imports grows dramatically.
In 1990, around 25% Australian exports to Japan, while exports to the US and China were lower, at about 11% and 3% respectively. The year 1990 witnessed a trough at 2% in the proportion of Australian exports to India. A significant decline of 18% was experienced in the figure for import in Japan in 2000. However, there was a small drop of approximately 5% and 3% in the figure for import in China and India respectively.
In 2005, there was a rise to 19% in the percentage of imports in Japan, which was followed by fluctuation to 18% in 2012. Especially, the statistics of Australian exports in China climbed slightly to 13% in 2005 but later went up sharply and reached a high peak at 28% in 2012. By contrast, exports to the US experienced a volatile trend around 6% from 2000 to 2012. India is the lowest importing country in 2012 at5 %
