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.

The two line charts depict the number of New Zealand

imports

from Australia and Japan in a decade.

Overall

, both of the figures fluctuate over the period, with an upward trend for

imports

from Australia, and a downward trend for the other

figure

.

Imports

from Australia started at 1000 million higher than from the other one in 1994 (4000 $),

then

they grew remarkably until 1996. The

figure

dipped abruptly, reaching its all-time low in the middle of the period. after a series of fluctuations, the

figure

ended at 8000 million in 2004.

On the other hand

,

Imports

from Japan increased steadily in the first three years at just above 6000, and they dipped in 1999. In 2000 the

figure

increased again,

although

not as much as its highest point in 1997.

Finally

, it fell dramatically in 2001 to a lower number than in the first year

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and kept going down to its lowest for the rest of the period.