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 diagram illustrates the total of

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closures

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and openings in the years 2011 to 2018.

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, the

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of

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experienced a slight decline over the years except for one great fall in 2015.

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the

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of new

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showed a dramatic decrease on the same mentioned period.

According to

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the data, in 2011 the

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of

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openings exceeded the

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of

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closures

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with just below 9000

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.

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, that

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dropped in 2012 reaching 4000

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.

Subsequently

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had a gradual elevation till 2014 as it reached around 6000.

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, they went into another drop in 2015 with 4000

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.

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, they stayed constant in 2016 and 2017 but declined again slightly to 3000 in 2018. Meanwhile,

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closures

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increased slightly in 2013 with nearly 7000

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.

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they started to decrease in 2014 until they had a significant fall in 2015 reaching almost 500

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.

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increased again in 2016 to reach 5000

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and had a steady trend across the later years (2017 and 2018) with approximately 5000

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.