The bar chart illustrates the average prices per kilometre of clothing imported into the European Union from six different countries in 1997 and 2003.
Overall, while the figure for Argentina and Japan decreased, that of China, India and Bangladesh increased. Meanwhile, the figure for Brazil remained unchanged. Notably, Argentina had the highest price despite the decline, while Bangladesh had the lowest price in each term.
Regarding decreases, Argentina was the dominant figure in each year, which decreased slightly from about 28 to 26 pounds. Similarly, the Japan had 15 pounds per kilometre intially which declined slightly to approximately 13 pounds. However, Brazil did not experienced changes and remained unchanged at about 23 pounds.
When it comes to increases, the remaining countries increased gradually in the period. China and India had demonstrative increases from 10 and 7, which increased significantly to 17 and 12 pounds per kilometre. Meanwhile, Bangladesh lagged behind at 3 pounds and doubled at the end of the period approximately at 6 pounds.