The two line graphs below show New Zealand import figures from Australia and Japan in the years 1994 - 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two curve graphs illustrate the information about how New

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Imports from Australia and Japan changed over the designated period between 1994 and 2004. It is conspicuous from the two graphs that the

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volume from Australia and Japan fluctuated dramatically, albeit with different results in the end. To be more specific, even though the Australian

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went down in some period of time (e.g., between 1998 and 1999), it showed an

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rising tendency, with the volume almost doubling, from approximately 4000

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to 8000

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, the Japanese

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ascended twice in those years, but ended up with a decline-the highest

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volume was more than 6000

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in 1997,

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in 2004 the

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shrank to 2000

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. It is worth mentioning that both

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volumes from those two countries increased enormously from 1995 to 1996 and 1999 to 2000,

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, began to plunge before 2001. And as for the

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from Australia, it experienced four peaks during these years, respectively in 1996, 1998, the mid of 2001, and

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doubled in 2004.

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, that from Japan climbed to around 6000

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in 1997 and 2000,

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seeing a continuous decline since

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