The two line graphs below show New Zealand import figures from Australia and Japan in the years 1994 - 2004.

The line graphs provide information about the

rate

of New

Zealand

's product importation from

Australia

and

Japan

between the years 1994 and 2004. Over the 10-year period, New

Zealand

saw a rise and fall trend in terms of imported goods from

Japan

and

Australia

. It is very clear that a larger

rate

of imports was seen in

Australia

in the given years. During the early years, there was a rising trend in products purchased outside New

Zealand

. In 1994, $4000

million

was spent on Australian goods,

while

Japan

accounted for $3000

million

in imports. The purchase of foreign commodities from

Australia

continued to rise until 1996 at around $6500

million

before a series of up-and-down trends, and by 1998, a dramatic fall from roughly $5500 to $3000

million

in 1999 was seen. Import rates from

Japan

, on the one hand steadily increased from 1994 to 1997 at $3000 to just above $6000 respectively. Another spike was seen in purchasing Japanese products at the beginning of 1999. From $6000

million

in the year 2000, New

Zealand

's

rate

of import from

Japan

declined rapidly. By 2004, the

rate

of imports from

Australia

was threefold higher than that of

Japan

at $8000

million

.