The following list of websites will assist you to find your information
1. http://www.trademap.org/ (Login trademap, select your chosen country and put the country as australia.Under trade indicators change it to yearly time series.Five sets of data from imports and five sets of data from exports. before you search for the data ensure that your searching under the table column,not graph or map. To extract the data you need from this, theres a small microsoft excel button at the top of the table.When converting the data into the graph.Write your chosen years most likely 2012,2013, etc in excel vertically, followed by the data for the corresponding year to the right of it.Highlight all of ht data and create a graph in excel under the insert tab)
Tasks:
This report is in two parts and aims to identify opportunities for product import/export in writing this report choose a country that is within Australia’s top 5 trading partners. At this stage (for Q1-4) any country of your choice.
1. Write a short overview of existing trade (imports and exports Australia has with your chosen country). (no-more than 10 key products (approx. 5 each) of Import & Export))
2. From the above identify appropriate graphs showing 5 categories of goods and services imported and exported from this country. Explain as appropriate.
3. Please show on an appropriate graph what the value of $1AUD against your chosen country’s currency looks like. You should show a graph for both one year and the last 5 years and explain how the Australian dollar has fluctuated in this time against your chosen country’s currency.
4. Identify from the following list one product from the category (from those listed below) and then:
• Identify the importance of the trade partner
• The range of categories and the types of trading (ie, import/export and No. of products within a category)
• Also, volume and percentage change applicable to each category for a five year cycle,
• including your chosen product and growth in that market cycle
• What is the competitive market structure (identify competing countries for the product)
• Who are they supplying to in that category
• Can you identify reasons
Categories are either:
• Fashion (Sportswear) (Pick ONE product in this category) (OR)
• For Q5. Ensure you only use the following list of countries to answer the dot point items listed:
• From any country that identifies volume of more than 2% (two per centum) P/A.
• May include specific areas of Asia – China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan.
5. Identify potential predictions of trends of trade imports and exports of items that have more than 3% volume with your chosen country? Based on Q4 category info, please discuss and use appropriate graphs.