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The monthly price of exported rice from ThaiLand and VietNam from 2012 to 2015 (Million dollars per tons)

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The given line charts illustrate the cost of
rice
 exported from Vietnam and Thailand on a monthly basis over a 4-year period, from 2012 to 2015. Overall, the
rice
 from Vietnam was by far cheaper than that from Vietnam over the course of 4 years. There was a correlation between the figures for Vietnam and Thailand each year. In 2012, the price for Vietnamese and Thai
rice
 was exactly 400 and just over 500
million
 dollars per
ton
 respectively. Both figures witnessed a fall in the
first
 half
second
 quarter of the year, hitting their lowest points in May, before gradually rising in June. The amount of money to buy each
ton
 of
rice
 from Vietnam remained the same, while the value of Thai
rice
 increased by 50
million
 dollars. During 2013, the figure for Vietnam fluctuated within a narrow range of around 25
million
 dollars, whereas that of Thailand hit the lowest point of the whole 4 years at 400
million
 dollars. In the year of 2014, the cost of
rice
 exported in Vietnam stabilized at around 325
million
dollar
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 every
ton
. At the same time, a considerable fluctuation was seen in the value of Thai
rice
 from 450 in January to approximately 475
million
 per
ton
. In the
first
 half of 2015, both figures for Thailand and Vietnam rose just over 50
million
dollar
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 each
ton
. During the remaining time of the period, after hitting a plateau in the
third
 quarter, the price for each
ton
 of Vietnamese
rice
 plunged to 325
million
 dollars, while that of Thai export grew to just under 500
million
 dollars.
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