The line graph illustrates the proportion of individuals in Australia who export to different countries between 1996 and 2001.
Overall, the percentage of Australian exports to China and India had increased, while the reverse had been true for the figure for Japan and the United States.
In 1996, around 1% and about 2% were the rate of people in Australia who ship overseas to India and China, respectively. Subsequently, the figure for India remained unchanged, before increasing gradually to approximately 7%, eventually decreasing slightly to 5% at the end of the period. Furthermore, there was a steady ascent to 5% in 1998, after which surging to about 28% in 2001 and surpassing the figure for the US and Japan in the last two years.
Regarding Japan and the US, after fluctuating between around 10% and 8% in the first two years of this period, the percentage of citizens in Australia who sell to the United States declined dramatically to 5% in 2000 and grew slightly to approximately to 7% towards the end of the period. Moreover, the figure for Japan was about 26% in the initial period, before decreasing steadily to 20% in 1997. Then, the proportion of Australian export to Japan had mostly remained unchanged, eventually reaching at roughly 17% in 2001