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 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.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for 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 graph illustrates the New
Zealand
Use synonyms
import trend from Australia and Japan over the 10-year period.
Overall
Linking Words
,
although
Linking Words
imports from both countries were not stable over the whole period,
at the end
Linking Words
, New
Zealand
Use synonyms
had begun to buy more from Australia and less from Japan. In detail, if we look at the Australia graph, at the beginning, New
Zealand
Use synonyms
spent about NZ$4000
million
Use synonyms
on Australian goods, but by 2004, the expenditure had reached 8000
million
Use synonyms
.
However
Linking Words
, the import data fluctuated, even having a fall until 3000
million
Use synonyms
in 1999. As regards the import from Japan,
in
Linking Words
contrast
Add a comma
contrast,
show examples
a decrease in the market was observed. So, in 1994, 3000
million
Use synonyms
New
Zealand
Use synonyms
dollars were spent on Japanese products,
while
Linking Words
in 2004, 1.5 times less was spent.
However
Linking Words
, there were two peaks of increased consumption. One of them was in 1997, which reached almost 6,300
million
Use synonyms
, and another was in 2000, making up 6,000
million
Use synonyms
.

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site's author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words zealand, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • trend analysis
  • fluctuations
  • peaks
  • troughs
  • significant changes
  • consistency
  • variations
  • overall growth
  • decline
  • diverge
  • converge
  • spiked
  • economic policies
  • trade agreements
  • global economic events
  • predictive insights
What to do next:
Look at other essays: