The table below gives information about the values (NZ$) of exports of kiwi fruit from New Zealand to five countries between 2010 and 2012.

The table shows how much New Zealand

kiwi

fruit was imported by five nations from 2010 to 2012.

Overall

, the values of

kiwi

fruit bought by Japan, China and Russia increased throughout the period,

while

that of Mexico and Saudia Arabia sharply declined.

In addition

,

whereas

the figures for Japan had consistently the highest ones over

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years examined, those for Saudia Arabia were invariably the lowest ones. Japanese importers spent 271.1

million

dollars to buy

kiwi

fruit from New Zealand, followed by considerable growth to 287.4

million

in the next year before ending at 325.3

million

in the final year. Similar changes, but lesser extent, can be seen in the data on China and Russia, which started from 74.9

million

and 0.97

million

to approximately 94

million

and 2.4

million

respectively.

Conversely

, at the beginning of the course, Mexican wholesalers paid 6

million

dollars to import

kiwi

, after that it experienced a significant tumble to 2.4

million

in 2011 before slightly rising again to 3.3

million

in 2012. Saudia Arabia witnessed the most dramatic drop in the value of

kiwi

exports, being at 290.000

million

in 2010 and gaining only 82.000

million

after 2 years.