The line graph illustrates the percentage of exports from Australia to four countries, namely Japan, the US, China, and India over a 22-year period.
Overall, the export rate rose in China and India, while the reverse is true for figures in the US and Japan.
In 1990, Australia exported around 27% to Japan, which made Japan the top importer in that year. However, the export rate decreased steadily for the next 22 years, reaching well below 20% by the year 2012. The second top importer was the US, at around 11% of imports in 1990. The figure for it demonstrated a slight fluctuation and decreased to around 7% by the end of the period.
China and India were the countries that got the least amount of exports from Australia in 1990. Despite the change in the rate of export towards the end of the period, India remained the least importer, at around 6%. However, the opposite is true for China: starting from roughly a mere 3% in 1990, the figure witnessed a steady increase to just under 30% by 2012.
