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 chart illustrates data about the

number

of

opening

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openings

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and

closures

of shops in one country over an eight-year period between 2011 to 2018. In general, what stands out from the graph is that

,

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there

were

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a downtrend in both numbers. Another

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interesting

intresting

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interesting

fact is that

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in 2011 the

number

of openings

were

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was

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greater than

closures

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the closures

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,

while

in 2018 the

number

of

closures

were

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was

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greater than openings. Looking at the details, as regards the numbers for openings, the

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started at over 8000 and halved in the first period to reach 4000. In the next two

years

there

were

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an upward trend in the

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and reached about 6000,

then

in 2016, the

number

decreased to 4000 and remained the same for

next

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the next

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two

years

.

Next,

the

figure

fall

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by 1000 to reach 3000 in 2018.

By contrast

, the

number

for

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of

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closures

started at above 6000, there were some fluctuations in

first

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the first

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three

years

.

However

, the

figure

plunged in 2015 and

fall

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fell

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to under 1000.

Following

this

, the

number

jumped in 2016 to reach almost 5000 and remained the same in

next

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the next

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two

years

.