The two-line graphs below show New Zealand import figures from Australia and Japan in the years 1994 - 2004. Summarize 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 span between 1994 and 2004. It is conspicuous that the import volume from

Australia

and

Japan

fluctuated dramatically in the given period, albeit with different results in the end. The

imports

from

Japan

decreased over time and those from

Australia

increased. The trend for

Japan

is downward as New Zealand imported commodities worth 3

billion

NZ$ in 1994 and 2

billion

in 2004.

On the other hand

, figures for

Australia

showed an upward trend as its goods were valued at 4

billion

at the beginning of the period and 7

billion

at the end

. It is worth mentioning that the line graph related to the

imports

from

Japan

displays two large peaks in 1997 and 2000. And between these years New Zealand imported a higher amount of goods from

Japan

than

Australia

.

By contrast

, even though the

imports

from

Australia

dipped twice, the strong recovery in the second half of the period meant they ended up with goods worth four times the value of those from

Japan

.