The pie charts illustrate the proportion of exporting merchandise of Australia in two years of 2005 and 2010.
Overall, there are two trends. Firstly, Australia seemed to focused on exporting material goods and farming products, with those sectors accounting for the majority of the exportation. Secondly, over the whole period, the material export had expanded, making up nearly two thirds of all the exporting goods.
Examining the first year, the international supply of coal and iron took up 32 and 27 percent respectively, with coal making up the prominent share of the gross export. Meat and wheat were much lower, just over 10 percent, when combined only makes up the same amount as that of iron. The remainders were each less than one tenth of the whole. The less developed sectors were vehicles and fish, which were both at 2 percent.
Moving towards five years, the coal sector had grown significantly, remaining as the dominant focus of exportation. Iron had been decreased a noticeable amount of 7 percent. The same held true for wheat, plummeting to only 10 percent. For the minor sectors, computers export showed little progress, taking up the same amount as the downsizing wool export.
