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 line graphs illustrate how many goods were imported from Australia and Japan to New

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between 1994 and 2004. The units are measured in NZ$million.

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, what stands out from the charts is that

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the expenditure of New

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for Australia increased over the given period, the opposite was true for Japan Moving to a more detailed analysis, the amount of money spent on Australian and Japanese items stood at 4000 and 3000 in 1994, respectively. Over the next three years, the expense of New

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in both countries rose considerably, and the latter reached its highest level, at 6500. Until 1999 both of them declined gradually, and the figure for imports from Australia hit a low of 3000. The rate of Japan's exports to New

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increased to 6000 in 2000 before dropping dramatically and finishing the period in 2000. The amount of money which New

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spent on Australian imports followed a rising fluctuation until 2004 when it accounted for 8000.