The graph below 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 comparisons where relevant.

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of new stores that opened and closed in the country

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two different years. The biggest number of opened shops was

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almost 8,500, at the start of the interval;

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figure started fluctuating

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the end of the period with its minimum at 3,000 exactly. Upon

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examination of the diagram, it is evident that it had a practical stable duration between the years 2015 and 2017 respectively, where the number was kept at around 4000.

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the minimum of closures was just higher than

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half of 1,000.

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, its maximum (in the year 2013) was much more - about 7 times higher than the minimum. Despite the ups at the start of the decade, the chart has formed a negative trend with a difference of roughly 150 units between the beginning and the end of the span of time.

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,

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the lines fluctuated all over the period, they both showed a negative situation with minimal value in 2015.

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, we can say that more stores are closing than opening.