the graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK from 1974 to 2002 by four different modes of transport

The line graph presents how many

shops

started and stopped working in a country from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of

shops

closed and opened in the given period changed dramatically and

this

number

was lower in 2018 compared to

in

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2011.

Initially

, there were about 8,500 new

shops

in 2011, roughly 2000 more than those closed in the same year. In the following year, the proportion of shop openings dropped rapidly to fewer than half the

number

in 2011 but soon resurged during the next two years to over 6,000 in 2014. Over the same time, the figure for shop closures showed some fluctuation and remained at about 6,500 till 2014, a few more than the new

ones

. From 2015 onward, there was a wild fluctuation in the quantity of

shops

stopping their business

while

the figure for the new startups witnessed a downward trend. The

number

of new

shops

reduced to 4000 in 2015, remaining unchanged over the next two years before another fall of about 1000 in 2018. Meanwhile, the statistics for those closed dropped wildly in 2015 to just about 500

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but rose back to over 5000 in 2016, overtaking the new

ones

and keeping stable till the end. 2015 witnessed a sudden dive in the quantities of

shops

stopping their business to about 500

ones

. In the same year, the

number

of new start-ups

also

reduced, falling back to 4,000

shops

, which stayed stable till 2017 before another slight fall in 2018 to 3000

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ones

.

On the other hand

, there was a wild growth in the

number

of closed

shops

in 2016, reaching over 5,000

shops

, surpassing the

number

of newly opened and remained unchanged to the end of the course.