The table below gives information about the amount of beef exported in five different countries in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides information concerning the quantities of exported meat from five nations every other year from 2012 to 2016. Figures are given in tonnes. At first glance, it can clearly be seen that the

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of beef exported from Brazil ranked first throughout the given period,

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that of Switzerland stood

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. All countries experienced fluctuations, except for Brazil and Japan which mainly showed growth. Starting with the figure for Brazil and Japan, both of them started at 125,465 and 224 in 2012 respectively. After that, it minimally rose to 130,307 and 633 in 2014 before reaching the highest level among the table at 137,650 and 1,005 in 2016.

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of beef exported in Switzerland and Uruguay was calculated at 23 and 44,372 in 2015

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. They fluctuated by decreasing to 17 and 39,932 in 2014

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rising to 22 and 42,310 in 2016. Moving on to the

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of export products in Norway, it was shown at 34 in 2014. Later, the

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grew to 81 in 2014 before a dramatic drop to 17 in 2016.