Band 5+: The first chart below shows the value of goods that australia imported from china and those exported to china from australia. The second chart shows the types of good imported from china. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make a comparisons where relevant.

The bar graphs illustrate the export and import figures between Australia and China, and followed by the various types of commodity goods from china.

Overall, both the figures of commodity goods that export and import from or to China showed a significant increase throughout the period. In addition, telecommunication equipment exhibited the highest number of goods imported from china.

Regarding export and import, the value of import and export had a similar trend over the period . In 1998, the number of imports from China started at $ 20 billion, and experienced a gradual climb, before peaking at $ 40 billion in 2004. Whereas, the exports value began at $ 10 billion in 1998, and in the next year exports had a different number with imports at $ 10 billion each year, and finished the trends at $ 30 billion in 2004.

In terms of commodity goods. In 2003 computers and furniture were the most popular item imported from China at $ 5 billion and slightly rose to $ 6 billion in the next year. In contrast, although toy/sport equipment and telecommunication equipment were the least in 2003 at $ 2 billion and $ 3 billion in the same order, they showed a robust growth in the next year at $ 7 billion and $ 8 billion respectively. In Addition, clothes showed a plateau number through the year at $ 4 billion.