The graph below shows the production of three forest industry products in a European country, namely timber, pulp, and paper, from 1980 to 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

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of three forest industry products in a European country between 1980 and 2000.

Overall

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, the three products showed different trends over the period . Paper

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increased significantly , pulp

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rose slightly,

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timber

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unchanged. As the graph shows, paper

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began at around 6

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tonnes

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in 1980. It increased steadily over the years and reached 12

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tonnes

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by 2000,

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the highest among the three products. Pulp

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started at approximately 6

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tonnes

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in 1980 and stayed

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the same until 1990.

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it began to rise and experienced a sharp increase between 1995 and 2000, reaching around 8

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at the end

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of the period.

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, timber

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was nearly 7

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tonnes

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in 1980 and did not show any significant changes during the period.

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there were some small fluctuations, the figure

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at the same level, around 7

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tonnes

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, in 2000.