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.

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the line graph illustrates the closures and openings of

shops

in a given nation from 2011 to 2018. In general, the sum of closed

shops

was higher than that of new

shops

for most of the period,

although

both figures experienced a decline with fluctuations. To commence, there were approximately 8500 start-up

shops

in 2011, substantially higher than the closed counterparts by 2000.

However

, its number dropped significantly to 4000 in 2012 and recovered to 6100 in the following 2 years.

In contrast

, the number of closures was comparatively stable between 2012 and 2014, reaching a maximum of 7100 in 2013 before falling back to 6600 in 2014.

After

this

point, the figure for closures decreased drastically to below 1000 in 2015 and escalated back to around 5100 between 2016 and 2018.

Conversely

, the total of new

shops

declined to its 2012 level in 2015 and stayed at

this

level for two years, before falling to a low point of 3000

at the end

of the period.