The graph below gives information on the differences in clothing exports from three different countries.

The line graph compares the amount of clothing exported by three

countries

from 1999 to 2003.

Overall

, clothing

exports

from both

Colombia

and

Myanmar

had increased from their initial values by the end of the period shown. Japanese clothing

exports

,

on the other hand

, had slightly declined. Interestingly, Colombian and Japanese

exports

showed relatively small fluctuations from 1999-2003

whereas

exports

from

Myanmar

were extremely volatile. Looking in more detail, in 1999

Myanmar

exported approximately 5

million

dollars

of clothing compared to about 450

million

dollars

for

Colombia

and 575

million

for Japan.

However

, from 1999 to 2000

Myanmar

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Myanmar's

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clothing

exports

skyrocketed, surpassing both

countries

for a total of 800

million

dollars

’ worth. The relatively small gap between Japan and

Colombia

,

on the other hand

, narrowed even

further

with both

countries

exporting around 530

million

dollars

of clothes in 2000. From 2000,

Myanmar

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Myanmar's

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clothing

exports

continued to increase, reaching a peak value of 920

million

dollars

in 2001 before plummeting and

then

recovering slightly in 2003 for a final value of 400

million

, the lowest among the three

countries

.

Colombia

, having surpassed Japan in the period from 2000 to 2001, ended up with the highest total

exports

in 2003 at 600

million

dollars

.