The first illustration compares the cost of products imported from Australia to China and exported from China to Australia from 1998 to 2004. The second data displays what exact commodities were imported from China between 2003 and 2004.
Overall, in the first chart, the value of imported and exported goods increased over the period with China exporting more products and keeping a 10 billion dollar gap. In the second chart, while the import of toys, sport, and telecommunication equipment experienced a sharp rise, other transportation of other goods did not significantly change.
In detail, in 1998, starting at 20 billion dollars, imported products from China steadily increased to 30 billion dollars in 2001 before reaching 40 billion dollars in 2004. Similarly, exported commodities began with 10 million dollars and gradually rose to 20 billion dollars in 2001 and 30 billion dollars in 2004.
Meanwhile, in 2003, clothes showed 4 million dollars, and remained stable in the next year. In comparison, toys and sports equipment demonstrated 2 million dollars in 2003 and dramatically escalated to approximately 7 million dollars in the next year. Computers and furniture both started at around 5 million dollars and slightly rose to 6 million dollars, whereas beginning with roughly 3 million dollars, telecommunication equipment sharply increased to 8 million dollars.