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The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in New Zealand in 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in New Zealand in 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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The charts illustrate data about online
sales
 for four sectors in New Zealand in two selected years. At first
glance
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 it is evident that there is no big difference in
proportion
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the proportion
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 of
sales
, except
film
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the film
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/music
sector
, between 2003 and 2013.
Furthermore
,
although
, travel was
main
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the main
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sector
 in 2003,
film
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the film
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 and music
sector
 became the largest
proportion
 of
sales
. Looking into details, in 2003,
travel
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the travel
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sector
 was
popular
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the popular
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sector
 with 36%, so it was
major
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the major
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 online
sales
 of the year.
However
, there is a dramatic decline in the percentage of travel
sales
 to 29% in 2013.
Moreover
,
the
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apply
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21% of
pie
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the pie
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 chart in 2013 belonged to
film
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the film
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 and music
sector
 and the
proportion
 of
this
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these
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sales
 rose markedly to 33% In 2013, so it became
popular
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a popular
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sector
in
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apply
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this
 year. Turning to other sectors, there is a slight increase in the
proportion
 of
books
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book
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sales
, so in 2003, the percentage of
books
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book
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sales
 was 19%. After the slight increase, it reached 22% in 2013.
However
, there was a marked decline in
clothes
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the clothes
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sector
, so the
proportion
 of
this
sector
 decreased from 24% to 16%.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, proportion, sector with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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