The line graph illustrates the proportion of Australian exports to Japan, the US, China, and India during 22 years.
It can be seen that the percentage of exports to Japan and the US tends to decrease, while China and India increased significantly. In addition, the figure for India was the lowest, comparing to Japan was the highest.
From 1990 to 1995, the percentage of Australian exports to Japan and the US decreased by 5%. Japan remained stable gradually, over 15% between 1995 and 2012. At the same time, there was a marginal fluctuation around 5% in the US. In 2010, the percentage of Australian exports to the US hit the lowest point of 5%.
Over the time, the figure for China went up substantially from around 5% to over 25%. Before declining moderately from 2010 to 2012, the proportion of exports in India slightly rose. The percentage of India remained unchanged below 10% over the time and reached a peak at around 7% in 2010. Besides, China was always the country had the highest percentage of exports from Australia among the 4 countries. To be more specific, the figure for China hit the highest point at 25% in 2022.
