The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transportation.

The line graph below demonstrates the amount of products transported by

road

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,

water

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,

rail

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and

pipeline

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in the UK during 28 years. It is noticeable that the majority of goods are exported by

road

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but the

pipeline

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was the

last

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priority for transporting products. In detail, in 1974 the majority of products exported by

road

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were about 70 million tonnes

while

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transporting by

pipeline

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was less than 10 million tonnes.

However

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, exporting by

water

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and

rail

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was approximately the same figures amounting to 40 million tonnes. In the first 8 ,years the numbers of goods transported by

water

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and

pipeline

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increased significantly

while

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rail

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and

road

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declined considerably. In the middle of the period, exporting by

water

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and

pipeline

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approximately remain unchanged

on the other hand

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using the

road

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and

rail

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for transport almost increased but

rail

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in 1994 decreased slightly.In the rest of the period, transporting by

road

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,

water

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and

rail

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increased moderately

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the sum exported by

pipeline

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remained stable after a slight increase.