The following line chart provides statistics on the exportation of Australian goods to four specific countries: Japan, the US, China, and India, over a period of 22 years.
What can be seen in the graph is that while the percentages of Australian exports to Japan and America tend to decline throughout the years, the shipments of Australia to the other two countries account for higher proportions when compared to their starting points in 1990.
To begin with, although starting at just around 3% in 1990, the figure for Australian shipments to China rapidly rose to 11% in 2005, rocketing to its peak at 25% within only five years, then continuing to increase to 28% at the end of the period. By contrast, the proportion of Australian goods exported to Japan, despite starting at the highest number, nearly 26% in 1990, experienced a steep decline of 6% until 1995. Subsequently, it constantly decreased over the period and stood at around 17% in 2012.
Moving to the statistics related to the US and India, it is obvious that Australian exports to the US accounted for a decent number of 12% in 1990. Nevertheless, there was a noticeable fluctuation, followed by a remarkable drop to 5%, which was the lowest point in 2010, but then slightly increased to around 7% in the last 2 years of the period. Similarly, Australia’s shipments to India started at only 2% and remained the same until 2000. It grew gradually before reaching its peak at 7%, and later dropped marginally by 2% at the end of the period.