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. You should write at least 150 words.

The line graphs illustrate the statistics of New Zealand

imports

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from

Australia

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and

Japan

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between 1994 and 2004.

Overall

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, both imported commodities from

Australia

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and

Japan

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have fluctuated.

At the end

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of the period,

Australia

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showed an upward trend and

Japan

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experienced a downward trend. In terms of New Zealand

imports

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, the rate from

Australia

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has increased since 1996.

Then

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, it became unstable two

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later, hitting a low point at 3000 in 1999.

However

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, the non-domestic items picked up again in the middle of 2000. Even though the total of

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decreased in 2002, it

finally

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saw a substantial rise with 7,000 in 2004.

In addition

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, the proportion of

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from

Japan

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does not have a figure of fluctuations compared to

Australia

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. The non-domestic products from

Japan

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gradually decreased over the first four

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.

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this

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total of

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fell to 2000 million in 1999, In the remaining

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, the

imports

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indicated a growing number of dollars but dropped in four

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, reaching around 2000 million.