The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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of markets that were opened and closed during the period between 2011 and 2018 in a single country.

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, it can be seen clearly that there was a huge drop in the

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of shops where released in 2015 in that country. In detail, the figure

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stores being launched in 2011 (above 8000) was higher

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of closed ones (above 6000).

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, both numbers decreased in 2012, to become slightly less than 4000 for openings, after that, an increase happened in 2013, so the closure rate recorded a

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above 7000, to keep it higher than the opened shops by around 2000. later

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in 2014, these numbers became almost the same

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2014, which was more than 6000, but

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there was a gradually declining in openings

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at 2015, but a dramatic decrease for closures reached less than 1000,

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, the openings process experienced a growth in 2016 at 5000, and

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did not change that much in 2017 and 2018. on the other ,hand shops

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closed in 2015 was 4000 and

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remain the same in 2016,

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total decreased to become 3000 in 2018