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 given line chart illustrates the information regarding

closures

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and

openings

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of

shops

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in a specific country in

numbers

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over a 7-

year

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period. As an overview, in

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country, the lowest

number

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of

closures

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happened in 2015.

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, the closure

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noticeably experienced a significant rise a

year

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after that.

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, the

openings

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figure shows its highest

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at the beginning of the time period. The

number

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of

openings

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also

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witnessed its lowest

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a

year

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after its highest

number

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. As it can be seen,

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, both

closures

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and

openings

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numbers

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decreased for a

year

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, the decline that happened for

openings

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was more noticeable than

closures

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.

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led to the opening of

shops

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number

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decreased to over 4000 in 2012.

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, both of these figures show after 2 years gained near equivalent

numbers

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in 2014 with approximately 6100 and 6500 for

closures

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and

openings

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respectively.

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, the

number

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of

shops

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that closed and opened experienced significant change from 2014 to 2016.

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, the

number

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of

closures

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fell in 2015 and gained below 1000;

therefore

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, the

number

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of

openings

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overtook

closures

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with 4,000

shops

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in that

year

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.

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closure

numbers

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exponentially rose in 2016 to over 5000, the

number

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of

openings

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remained steady.

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, both described figures show negligible change in 2017, the

number

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of

openings

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decreased to 3000.

In contrast

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, the

number

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of

closures

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was insignificant increasing to 2018.