The three charts below show the value in Australian dollars of Australian trade with three different countries from 2004 to 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The given line diagrams compare the number of Australian imports and exports with three nations, namely China, Japan, and The United States, between 2004 and 2009. In the big picture, it is conspicuous that the three countries had different trends of trade,

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, China was the only one partner which had an upward trend of the money used for both trading activities. Focussing on Japan and The United States, both countries remained stable during the observed periods at about 20.

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, income from selling products to Japanese people increased by 50% from 2004 to 2007,

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continued to skyrocket and reached a peak at 43, before plummeting at 30 at one year after. Turning to China, the number of exports started at 10 in the first period and soared to a climax point at 30 in 2009. Contrastly, imports stood at 10 higher and increased steadily at 30, before surpassing in 2008.