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.

The line graph illustrates the

number

of closures and openings of the markets in one nation over

seven-year

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period.

Overall

, it is evident that both trends experienced some fluctuations and the closures had a dramatic fall in the middle of

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the era

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.

According to

the data, at the outset of the period, the

number

of shops that

was

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were

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opended

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opened

in the area was approximately 8500,

while

, the closure shops were around 6200. In 2012, the

number

of openings decreased significantly and reached 4000,

however

, it saw

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moderate growth until 2014.

In contrast

, the closures fluctuated and stood

on

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at

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the same

number

of

opening

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openings

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in 2014, precisely 6000. By 2015, the

number

of markets had dropped dramatically to less than 1000,

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followed by a

steebly

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steady

steeply

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rise to 5000 and maintained the same from 2016 to 2018.

Whereas

, the openings followed

a downward trends

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a downward trend

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and

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on

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4000 for two years, and saw a slight decrease

about

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1000, in 2018.