The line graph illustrates the figures for Australian exports with four distinct countries, namely: Japan, the US, China, and India between 1990 and 2012.
Overall, it is apparent China was the leading nation in this tendency. Additionally, while the percentages of goods that China and India received from Australia went up, the opposite was true for Japan and the US.
Starting with China, which began at a modest percentage in 1990, just under 5%. However, China exported more goods throughout the period, and surprisingly peaked at 28% in the final year, allowing it to become the dominant country towards this trend. Likewise, India started with 3% in the first year, and gradually increased to nearly 10% in 2010, which then fell down to 5% by 2012.
In terms of Japan, which experienced a severe downward during this timeline. Japan joined the exporting market with the highest proportion, which was more than 25%. The figure for it consistently fell down to 20% in the next five years, and finished at 17% by 2012. Although the US exhibited a similar trend as Japan, the proportion of it just fluctuated minimally, which were 11% and 7% in 1990 and 2012, respectively.