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.

The line graph is an illustration of the

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of shop

closings

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and openings in a single country over a 7-year period between 2011 and 2018.

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, the

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of

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that opened and the

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that closed saw a huge fluctuation throughout the whole year.

In addition

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, the

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of closures

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went down significantly in the middle of the period. In terms of the

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of

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, which stood at over 6000 in 2011,

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followed by a slight change until 2013, the

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of closing

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reached a peak of 7000 in 2013.

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, it dropped to the lowest rate of them and increased dramatically from about 5000 which stood remained the same from 2016 to 2018. The

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of openings began at a higher level rather than that of closure

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, amounting to nearly 9000. In 2012, there was a plunge in the

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of

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. People closed their

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about 6000, which went almost the same as the

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of

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. After a fluctuation in the

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of closures, there was a decline which changed from 4000 in 2017 to 3000 in 2018.