Band 6+: WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words.

The two graphs show the number of imports from Australia and Japan into New Zealand from 1994 to 2004.

Overall, the number of goods imported from each country fluctuates. At the start of the graph, the demand for Australian products is slightly higher. The total number of imports then increased over the next few years with Australia being slightly more rapid. There was a crash in the number of imports in general in the middle of the graph with Australia being more affected. The sharp plummet in the number of Australian products imported makes a significant recovery reaching a peak; this is followed by a smaller fall and another recovery. Japan, on the other hand, experiences a more shallow fall of it’s imports followed by a small peak but then falls significantly towards the end of the chart.

In 1994, 4000 million NZ$ worth of Austrlian goods are imported: this number continues to rise over the next 2 years to reach a peak of 6500 dollars. However it then startsto decline reaching it’s lowest point in 1999. It then makes a sharp recovery and eventually reaches the highest number in 2004. Japan starts of with 3000 dollars worth of sales hich rises steadily, reaching a peak in 1996. The is shallow fall in Japanes eimports followed by a quick increase which is unfortunately followed by another sharp decrease and plautaes at around 2000 dollars in 2004.