The line graph illustrates the proportion of Australian export trades across four nations from 1990 to 2012. According to the data, it is clear that China’s percentage strikingly incresed over time, while the other countries’ proportion decreased overall.
From 1990 to 2000, India reamined remained steady, with a persentage percentage of less than 5%, while China reached 5% in 2000, after reamining remaining under 5% until 1995. The US slightly decreased from more than 10% in 1990 to less than 10% in 1995, before growing again to more than 10% in 2000. On the other hand, Japan experienced a more evident downward trend: starting from more than 25% in 1990, it decreased to 20% in 1995 and to less than 20% in 2000.
Despite having a low proportion in the first part of the decade, China experienced an evident growth from 2000 to 2012: starting from 5%, it rised rose to 10%, before peaking to 25% in 2010. Moreover, it slightly increased to almost 30% in 2012. On the contrary, Japan remained steady between 2000 and 2005, but slightly decreased to around 15% in 2010, before remaining steady again untill 2012. While India slightly increased to more than 5% from 2000 to 2010, before decreasing again to 5% in 2012, the US slightly decreased from around 10% in 2000 to 2010, before a very little growth in 2012.
