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 illustrations provide data about the exportation data in a decade, between 1994 and 2004, to New Zealand from two countries, Australia and Japan.

Overall

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, both graphs show how imports varied between 1994 and 2004,

while

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the first rose and fell erratically, the second one suffered fewer changes. Taking a closer look at the data shown on top it can clearly seen that during the first year, the changes were marginal,

then

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they obviously rose when suddenly in early 1996 declined until 1999, touching the nadir. It could be noticed that for the following year it skyrocketed, when all of a sudden dropped again and,

subsequently

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climbed reaching the maximum at 8000 NZ dollars. Alternatively, focusing on the picture of Japan's exports, it can be appreciated that between 1994 and 1997 imports grew gradually hitting a peak at 6000 NZ dollars. After that, it experienced a slow plunge until 1999 when it surged again and in 2000 it plummeted for a year, afterwards it levelled off. To summarize, the ups and downs of both countries in almost at the same time;

nevertheless

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, in the end, New Zealand ended up spending 6000 NZ dollars more in Australia than in Japan.