The three line charts illustrate the value in Australian dollars of Australian trade with three different countries between 2004 and 2009.
Overall, a striking difference was revealed by the China’s exports, which rose gradually, although imports defined a diclinning trend, and collapsed both categories. On the other hand, japan’s exports and imports fluctuated, and United States’s demonstrated a declinning trend during the exam period.
In particular, china’s exports bagan at 12 in 2004 and it rose dramatically to around 35 in 2009, but imports started the trade more than 7 units higher than exports, then it increased significantly to 30 in 2008, after it stabilized until 2009, and collapsed imports at 30 in 2008. Moreover, japan’s both categories started at same point (20) in 2004,but imports remained maintain at 20 until 2007. However, exports fallowed declinningtrend until 2007. By the way japan’s exports peaked at 42 in 2008, but imports peaked at 22, and exports and imports dropped gradually to 30 and 19 in 2009, respectively.
Furthermore, United States’s imports and exports climbed gradually to 2006, but imports started at 21 and exports began at 9 in 2004, then both categories fluctuated to 2009.
