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 given diagrams illustrate the Australian and Japanese

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to New Zealand starting from 1994 until 2004.

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, the spending on

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from both Australia and Japan had been fluctuating since 1994 and up until 2004. In 2004 the Aussie

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were significantly higher than the Japanese and vice versa in 1999. Since 1994 and in the past 10 years ship ins from Australia had their ups and downs, In 2004 it reached its highest with 8000

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dollars,

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, in 1999, it was the exact opposite with spending that hit 3000

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. After that significant downfall, it rose gradually until it hit 7000

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USD back in 2000. Unlike the Australian market the Japanese one faced remarkable challenges in 2004, the sales reached the worst downfall since 1994 when it was worth 2000

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dollars.

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, looking back at 1996

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were thriving and they started to go up gradually until a year later were they hit their highest with 6000 figures.