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.

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from

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and

Japan

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from 1994 to 2004.

Overall

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, import

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from

Australia

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start higher than from

Japan

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. Over the

period

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imports

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from

Australia

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increased from 4000

NZ

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million

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to 8000

NZ

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million

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.

However

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,

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show that

imports

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from

Japan

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decreased over the

period

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, which started with 3000

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$

million

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and finished in 2000. In the first 2 years

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, we can see an upward trend in import

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from both countries. After 1996,

imports

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from

Australia

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started to decrease steadily,

while

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from

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they continued to increase gradually. In 1999, the most significant dip was observed, which the

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for

imports

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from

Australia

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were 3000

NZ

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million

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. After that, we can see the spike until the first half of 2000. The

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dipped to 5000 and increased gradually again. Regarding

imports

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from

Japan

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, the peak was

at the end

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of 1996, which was roughly 6000

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$

million

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. The graph shows the

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fluctuated over the

period

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.