The given line graph provides data on the proportion of exports that done by Australia to 4 different countries such as US, Japan, China, India between 1990 to 2012.
Overall, it is evident from the graph that the percentage of australian exports to Japan and US fall dramatically. And the percentage of sales to India increased steadily. Interestingly, the China initially had one of the lowest percentage of receiving compared to others, but at the end it had highest proportion of receiving australian exports.
If we look at downward trends, Japan had the highest percentage of taking Australia’s exports, was 25% in 1990. But then it saw a dramatic and countinous decrease then it became 18% in 2012. There was initial percentage of 12% of exports to US, in 1990. And then it decreased steadily to 7% until 1995. However then it experienced a gradual increase to 13 in 2000. And it countinued falling until 2012 to 6%.
If we look at upward trends, the percentage of exportation from Australia to India it was 2% in 1990. And it had seen steady rise to 6% at the end of period. Additionally, the percentage of sales to China was 3% at the beginning. But then it rose remarkable rose reaching a peak of about 30% in the final year.