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Write a report describing the information in the graph below. You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

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The linear graph portrays the
rate
 of
gold
sales
 in
Dubai
 in millions of
dirhams
 from January to December 2002.
Overall
, it can be seen that the highest
rate
 of
gold
sales
 in
Dubai
 occurred in March and August 2002, at 350
million
dirhams
,
while
 the lowest
rate
 of
gold
sales
 occurred in July and September 2002, at just over 100
million
dirhams
. In January 2002, the
rate
 of
gold
sales
 in
Dubai
 was at 200
million
dirhams
 and gradually increased to just over 200
million
dirhams
. The
rate
 of
gold
sales
 in
Dubai
then
 began to rise steadily, reaching a peak of 350
million
dirhams
 in March, after which it began to decline gradually, reaching a low of just over one
million
dirhams
 in July. The amount of
gold
 sold in
Dubai
 increased again in 2002, rising to 200
million
dirhams
 in August, only to fall to a low of just over one
million
dirhams
 in September, after which it began to rise again, reaching just under 200
million
dirhams
 in October, and
then
 remaining relatively steady at
this
rate
 until December 2002.
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