The grpah below shows the percentage of Australian exports to 4 countries from 1990 to 2012.

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The given graph indicates the rate of goods from
Australia
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exporting to 4 different countries in
22-year
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the 22-year
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period
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from 1990.
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, what stands out from the graph is that China and India gained an
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import of goods from
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over the
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while
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the
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us and
japan
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Japan
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saw an opposite trend. Another striking factor is that the most significant growth
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in China. In 1990, japan accounted for the highest proportion of importing things from
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australia
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, at just over 25%.
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, it declined steadily over the
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and hit bottom at approximately 17% in 2012.
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, China saw a dramatic rise from 1990 to 2012 and became the biggest exportation of
Australia
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at approximately 28% One prominent feature of
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data is the figure of
india
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stabilized from 1990 to 2000 at about 1% and
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increased to 7% before
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a slight decline to 5% in 2012.
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, the US saw a fluctuation over the
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and end at about 7% in 2012, 4% lower than 1990.

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