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. You should write at least 150 words.

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New Zealand's importation of goods from

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and

Japan

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between 1994 and 2004.

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, there was a significant growth of products being imported from

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, from nearly 4000 to 8000 over the period as compared to

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from

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which dropped from 2000

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3000 in the same period. New Zealand experienced an import increase from both countries in the first few years,

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from

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rose from nearly 4000 to almost 6500 between 1994 and the beginning of 1996 yet

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from

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rose from 3000 to slightly above 6000 between the years 1994 and the

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of 1996.

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upward

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the country experienced a sudden downward trend which left

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from

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as low as 3000 by the

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of 1998 and that of

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dropped to nearly 4000 by the

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of 1998. By the beginning of

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the

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from

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started to rise again until they reached close to 7500

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fell off again before they started rising back up to the

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of 8000 by the

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of 2004. Contrary to

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from

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, those from

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tried to rise in 1999 but when they reached 6000 they dropped significantly to 2000 by the

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of 2004.