The three charts show the value in Australian dollars of Australian trade with three different countries from 2004 to 2009.

The line graphs illustrate the import and export values of

Australia

with China,

Japan

and America in the period 2004-2009.

Overall

, it can be seen that the trade between

Australia

and

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increased,

while

the trade figures for

Japan

and China remained stable during the period.

Firstly

,

Australia

's trade with China witnessed a significant increase in both import and export values. The value of imports started at just over 10

billion

dollars

in 2004 and grew continuously by about 30

billion

dollars

in the

last

year.

Similarly

, there was a steady rise in the export values from 20 to 30

billion

dollars

between 2004 and 2007,

then

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point in the

last

three years. About the value of imports between

Australia

and

Japan

, having increased slightly from about 18

billion

dollars

in 2004 to nearly 25

billion

dollars

in 2006, the figure saw a sharp growth and reached a peak at 40

billion

dollars

in 2008 before going down marginally by approximately 10

billion

dollars

in 2009. Meanwhile,

although

there were some fluctuations, exports

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Australia

to

Japan

increased from 10 to just under 15

billion

dollars

in the period.