The line graph below shows changes in the amount of coffee exported from three countries between 2002 and 2012.

The line graph illustrates changes in the levels of coffee

exports

in three South American countries in the space of a decade,mainly from 2002 to 2012 and is measured in millions of kilograms.

Overall

,the most significant fact to emerge from the graph is that despite some fluctuations,over the period as a whole the levels of

exports

rose in all three countries and

Brazil

accounted for the highest rate

at the end

of the period. In more detail,

Brazil

and

Costa

Rica

produced the most proportion of coffee.They began at a similar level of between 12 and 15

million

kilograms in 2002,but,

while

the coffee exported from

Brazil

increased gradually over the following four years,exchanges from

Costa

Rica

experienced a significant fall to around 7.5

million

.

However

,they bo5h

then

followed a similar trend,increasing steadily to 20

million

(

Costa

Rica

) and 25

million

(

Brazil

).

Conversely

,Colombia had a more erratic way of distributing than the other two countries.

Exports

stood at

million

kilograms per year in 2002,which was lower than

Costa

Rica

or

Brazil

.They overtook

Costa

Rica

in 2006,with

exports

reaching 12

million

,but there was

then

a sharp decrease to 2008 when

exports

hit a trough of 2.5

million

.

Following

this

,

exports

surged rapidly to finish the period at 15

million

.