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

Zealand

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

import

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

import

figure

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

overall

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

million

to 8000

million

New

Zealand

dollars

.

By contrast

, the Japanese

import

figure

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

import

volume was more than 6000

million

New

Zealand

dollars

in 1997,

while

in 2004 the

figure

shrank to 2000

million

New

Zealand

dollars

. It is worth mentioning that both

import

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

however

, began to plunge before 2001. And as for the

import

figure

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

finally

doubled in 2004.

Conversely

, that from Japan climbed to around 6000

million

New

Zealand

dollars

in 1997 and 2000,

while

seeing a continuous decline since

then

.