The graph below show data on Australian trades with three other countries.
The given line graphs indicate the comparison of
Australia
's import and export values with those of China, Japan
, and the US over a period
of six years, from 2002 to 2008.
It can be seen from the graph that Australia
's trade
with China and Japan
has some variation, while
the trade
figures for the US remained relatively constant over the period
shown. Compared to the imports, Australia
's exports
to Japan
and the US were considerably higher.
Regarding the trade
between Australia
and China, the import value dropped marginally from about 30 to 20 between 2002 and 2005, then
ended the period
at 45. The value of exports
, meanwhile, remained mostly unchanged at $40.
During the period
from 2002 to 2008, there was a decrease in Australia
's imports to Japan
from approximately 35 to 30. Although
there were some fluctuations, Australia
's exports
to Japan
grew slowly from 40 to 50 between 2002 and 2008.
The total tally of trade
between Australia
and the US remained virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2005, then
both exports
and imports rose slowly to 42 and 25, respectively, in 2008.Submitted by quynhtranhbh on
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