The graph shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The line graph provides information about the total number of closed supermarkets and newly opened ones during a period of eight years in a country.

Overall

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while

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the sum of the closures market was high

initially

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, new ones surpassed it

at the end

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of the year. Both of them experienced a different trend

at the end

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of the period.

To begin

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with, the total number of supermarkets closed stood at approximately 85000.

This

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figure was the highest recorded.

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,

this

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segment plunged to just below 4000 in 2012.

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,

this

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fraction increased significantly to almost 6,000 in 2014 and plateaued from 2015 to 2017 which

then

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dwindled to its lowest proportion in the final year by 3000.

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, recent shops made up just 6000 in 2011 lower than its counterpart in the same year. The figure began to fluctuate in the next two years until it plateaued to its lowest number by approximately 5,000 in 2015.

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, the segment increased significantly in 2016 and remained almost stable in 2018.