Band 4+: The two line graphs below show New Zealand import figures from Australia and Japan in the years 1994 - 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two line graph illustrates New Zealand goods bought to a country from Japan and Australia between 1994 and 2004.

The two line graph illustrates the goods bought by New Zealand from a country Japan and Australia between 1994 and 2004.

Overall, it can be seen that Australia where had higher imports than Japan in the first year,and this evenue increased during the period. In addition, the figures for New Zealand ‘s goods saw a decrease in imports from Japan.

Looking at the figures for New Zealand’s goods from Australia in the first year, this country bought about 4000 NZ million dollars. These figures increased to 6500 NZ million dollars over the next two years before falling to 3000 NZ million dollars in 1999. Over the next five years, the data on imports of New Zealand goods from Australia saw a fluctuation midly between 3000 and 8000 NZ million dollars.

Turning to the New Zealand’s goods from Japan, in 1994, the figures for imports stood at 3000 NZ million dollars. After that, this data saw a steady increase, almost twice as much as the goods in 1997. From 1997 to 2001, the number of goods fluctuated and then had the same figures as in the first year before dropping to 2000 NZ million dollars in 2004.