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Rice production in four Asian countries, 2015-2018.

The bar chart illustrates the amount of rice production by four Asian nations (Thailand, Vietnam,
Indonesia
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, and
Philippines
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the Philippines
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) between 2015 and 2018. The figures are given in
million
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tons
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.
Overall
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, rice production in
Indonesia
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 has shown a clear upward trend,
while
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 other countries have experienced a decline.
Indonesia
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,
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 stood at 400
million
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tons
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 in 2015
,
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;
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this
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 figure increased gradually to 700
million
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tons
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 in 2018. Thailand
,
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 accounted for 800
tons
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 at the beginning of the period, peaked at more than 900
million
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tons
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 in
2017
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2017,
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 before declining dramatically to 700
million
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tons
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 in 2018.
Conversely
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,
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the Philippine’s
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Philippine’s
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Philippines’
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 production
falling
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fell
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 from 400
million
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tons
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 in 2016 to only 100
million
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tons
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 two years later.
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, Vietnam
leveled
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levelled
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 out at 500
million
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tons
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but
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, but
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this
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 number fell significantly to reach roughly 200
million
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tons
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. One notable point is that in
2018
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2018,
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 Vietnam and
Indonesia
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 produced equal amounts of rice.

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task
Task response has some good parts, but many facts and the unit are not the same all the way. Check the year and country data and use the same unit (million tons) every time.
coherence
Coherence and cohesion need clear order. Group ideas well, use a line to move from one idea to the next, and use linking words.
grammar
Check language: use correct names and spellings (Philippines), correct form (million tons), and correct plural.
content
The essay tries to state the main trend at the start and end.
structure
It uses numbers from the chart to back a view of the data.

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