There are two line graphs that illustrates the changes in New Zealand import numbers from Australia and Japan between 1994 and 2004.
Overall, imports changed a lot over the period. New Zealand imports from Australia finish much higher than they start. Furthermore, imports from Japan finished slightly lower than they started. Both graphs fluctuate a lot over the years.
There was a significant increase in imports from Australia by nearly 2500 million between 1994 and 1996 from slightly under 4000 million to approximately 6500 million. Although dramatical decreases throughout the years, it increased dramatically in 2004 and finished higher than in 1994. On the other hand, imports from Japan finish slightly lower than they started from 3000 million to 2000 million. In comparison between two line graphs, imports from Australia were higher in the beginning from Japan by 1000 million. While imports from Australia increased steadily over 10 ten years imports from Japan went downwards.
