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

from

Australia

and

Japan

between 1994 and 2004.

Overall

, both imported commodities from

Australia

and

Japan

have fluctuated.

At the end

of the period,

Australia

showed an upward trend and

Japan

experienced a downward trend. In terms of New Zealand

imports

, the rate from

Australia

has increased since 1996.

Then

, it became unstable two

years

later, hitting a low point at 3000 in 1999.

However

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

imports

decreased in 2002, it

finally

saw a substantial rise with 7,000 in 2004.

In addition

, the proportion of

imports

from

Japan

does not have a figure of fluctuations compared to

Australia

. The non-domestic products from

Japan

gradually decreased over the first four

years

.

Although

this

total of

imports

fell to 2000 million in 1999, In the remaining

years

, the

imports

indicated a growing number of dollars but dropped in four

years

, reaching around 2000 million.