The line graph illustrates clothing exports in Columbia, Japan and Myanmar from 1990 to 2013.
Overall, Myanmar experienced considerable fluctuation throughout the period, especially the most dramatic change was seen in the first decade. While Columbia and Japan remained relatively stable.
Myanmar’s clothing exports skyrocketed from almost zero in 1990 to around 800 million in 2000. The figure continued to rise, reaching a peak of approximately 950 million in 2011. Nevertheless, they had plumeted their export to almost 350 million only in one year, and then started to recovering their exports by the end of the period for almost 450 million.
In terms of Colombia and Japan, Columbia’s exports rose stadily from around 460 million in 1990 to a peak of 700 milion in 2012, before failing to just over the 610 million in 2013.Japan, by contrast, started higher at approximately $570 million but was overtaken by Colombia in 2000. Its export remained relatively stable, peaking about 600 million in 2011, and then declined to under 500 million by the end of the period.
