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

imports

for New Zealand from two different countries namely

Australia

and Japan for 10

years

. The units were measured in millions.

Overall

, both graphs showed fluctuations.

Whereas

,

Australia

, showed an increase in

imports

in contrast

to Japan showed a downward

trend

. I will

further

explain both the graphs below. In the case of

Australia

, the products that came to New Zealand from

Australia

showed a steady escalation from

year

1994 to 1996.

Whereas

, onwards 1996 it falls slowly upto the

year

1998 and dropped suddenly to 3000

million

in the

year

1999. From

this

trend

followed an upward

trend

and the

imports

rose and reached 7000

million

in the

year

2001 and

then

after

this

in the

year

2002 again fell and came up to 5000, between the

years

2002- 2003 and

finally

in the

year

2004 showed an increase of about 8000

million

.

On the other hand

,

imports

from Japan showed little variation throughout 10

years

. The

imports

started from 3000

million

in the

year

1994 and gradually grew and between the

years

1996 to 1997 it reached the level of 6000

million

.

While

in 1997

this

trend

steadily started decreasing and between the

year

1998 to the

year

1999 it remained steady at around

about

Rephrase

apply

show examples

4000

million

and in the

year

2000 showed a steep increase and onwards to the

year

2004 it plummeted and reached about 2000

million

.