The two bar charts illustrate the sales of goods that Australia imported from China and those exported to China from Australia. The second chart presents data on various types of products sold from China in 2003 and 2004. Overall, it is evident that all figures in the first chart experienced an upward trend, reaching their peak in 2004. Similarly, in the second chart, most categories showed growth, except for clothes, which remained unchanged. Furthermore, the most significant difference was observed between toys and sports equipment, while telecommunications equipment recorded the highest sales.
In the first graph, the sales of imports from China began at 20 billion in 1998, followed by a slight increase to 30 billion in 2001. After that, the figure continued to rise gradually, reaching 40 billion, and by the end of the period in 2004, it had doubled, showing a significant overall growth. Similarly, the value of goods supplied to China started the trend with 10 billion which is followed by a stable growth until 30 billion by 2004.
In the second graph, the dramatic change was in toy and sport equipment from 2 billion to around 7 billion. Likewise, telecommunication equipment had the same trend by starting with approximately 3 billion until 8 billion in 2003 and 2004 years. In computers, there was a slightly upward trend from 5 billion to 6. Furniture showed a similar trend as computers. When it comes to clothes in 2003, it began the recorded the period with 4 billion. Then it did not change until the following year.