Band 5+: The tables below give information about the amount of exports (millions of tonnes) moving through Rotterdam port in Holland to various global destinations in 2002 and 2012; and also, the % rates of tax imposed on these exports by the receiving countries. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables provide data on how many goods (millions of tonnes) transfer from Rotterdam port to various global destinations between the year 2002 and 2012; and also provides information that how much tax was imposed on these goods by the receiving countries.

Overall it is clear that ,the amount of export goods changed considerably from 2002 to 2012.It is also noticeable that the percentage of tax which was imposed by different countries was almost same in the year 2012.

In terms of table 1,in 2002,Europe was the highest destination country and about 6900 million goods was imported by this country .While Australasia was the lowest destination country where only 700 million goods transferred.In contrast, in the year2012 ,in Europe the amount of transferred goods declined dramatically where in Australasia it increased drastically and it was 2300 million.

According to the table 2,in 2002,Europe and Asia Pacific both countries were the highest tax imposed country but in 2012,Asia pacific declined the tax and it was only 2%,while the Europe increased tax and it was 8%,which was the highest among all other countries.