The line graph compares the proportions of exports from Australia to 4 countries between 1990 and 2012. Overall, the export rates to India and particularly to China rose across the period, while the reverse was true for export figures to Japan and the US.
The percentage of exports to China was about 3% in 1990, which was slightly more than to India in the same year. By 2005, both figures had experienced rises to over 10% and 5% respectively. Similarly, these rates kept increasing until 2010, and China saw the biggest increase, reaching 25%, with the percentage for India growing to 7%. In 2012, however, the former peaked at 28%, while the latter dipped to 5%.
By contrast, Australia’s export rate to Japan started with the highest share, at 26%, but it began to drop in the years following to 19% in 2000 and to 16%, and remained stable at this figure until 2012. Meanwhile, Australia exported 11% of its goods to the US, a figure which then fell to 8% in 1995 before recovering to 11% in 2000. After this, the rate of exports to the US declined considerably to 5% in 2010 before going up slightly to 6% in the final year.