The two line graphs below show New Zealand import figures from Australia and Japan in the years 1994 - 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two line graphs depict the total number of New Zealand's

imports

from Australia and

Japan

for 10 years period, between 1994 to 2004. In general, the number purchasing goods from overseas from Australia was more immense compared to

Japan

. The

imports

from Australia fluctuated over the ten-year period. It started just around 4000

million

NZ

$ and increased to approximately 6500

million

NZ

$ in 1996. After that, it fluctuated again until 1998 and reached its lowest point in 1999 with 3000

million

NZ

$. In the following years, the import figures increased rapidly to just above 7000

million

NZ

$ between year 2000-2001 and

also

fluctuated once again in 2002. After that, it reached a peak in the middle of 2003 with 8000

million

NZ

$. Similar to the first graph, the import figures from

Japan

also

fluctuated in these periods. From 2004, there was a significant increase from 3000

million

NZ

$ to just above 6000

million

NZ

$ which is the maximum figure for

imports

from

Japan

. It fluctuated rapidly between 1997 and 2000. From 2000, there was a gradual decrease in

imports

until 2004 with 2000

million

NZ

$.