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.

The provided chart depicts the

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of shop closures and openings in a country from 2011 to 2018. It is clearly observed from the graph that the economic trend between

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declined as the

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of

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which were closed increased and

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the

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of new

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fell. In 2011, the

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of new

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was about 8500 and

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dramatically decreased to 4000 in the next year.

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, from 2012 to 2014, just above 6000 new

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were set up and in 2015

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fell to 4000.

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, between 2015 and 2017,

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almost remained constant at 4000.

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, over the next years, the

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of opening new

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dropped to 3000. For

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which were ,closed the

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stood at 6200 in 2011.

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, over the next 4 years,

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fluctuated around 6500.

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, the proportion of closed

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dropped substantially to under 1000,

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for the next year, it rose to over 5000.

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,

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stood at almost the same place for the next 2 years.