The bar chart depicts the average prices kilometer of clothing imported into the European Union from six different countries between 1997 and 2003.
Overall, Argentina dominated as the leading country for clothing imports in 8 year period. While the cost of clothing in Brazil remained unchanged in the given years, the import price for Bangladesh and India doubled in 2003. Moreover, the other two countries( Japan and China) increased substantially over the period.
Starting with Argentina, the average cost for clothing imported in this country was roughly 27 pounds in 1997, which was slightly decrease in 2003 by 2 pounds. Similarly, Japan had 15 pounds initially before decreasing to 13 pounds. However, Brazil stabilized at approximately 22.5 pounds throughout the survey.
Regarding increases, China, India and Bangladesh witnessed the same trend. The figure for China stood at 10 pounds per kilometer in 1997, which after experienced a considerable climb to 16 pounds. Additionally, India and bangladesh, showed a rise from 7 and 3 pounds to around 14 and 6 pounds in 2003, respectively.
