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 line graphs show the value of

goods

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imported to New Zealand from two different countries,

Japan

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and

Australia

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, over a

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period. There

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to be two opposing trends displayed on the line graphs. The trend for

Japan

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was downward with the country exporting

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worth 3

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NZ$ in 1994 and 2

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in 2004.

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,

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exhibited an upward trend, exporting 4

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of

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at the beginning of the period and 8

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at the end

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.

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, there was considerable fluctuation for both countries. When looking at imports from

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we can see that the line graph is dominated by two large peaks in 1999 and 2000 and that between these years New Zealand imported a higher value of

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from

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than

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. Imports from

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also

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fluctuated and they dipped twice.

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, the strong recovery in the latter half of the period means they ended up exporting

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worth four times the value of those from

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.

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, we can see that imports were far from stable from both countries but that exports from

Japan

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decreased over time and those from

Australia

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increased.