The line graphs provide data on the amount spent in millions of dollars on imports by New Zealand from Australia and Japan over a decade. Overall, the number of goods imported fluctuated for both Australia and Japan over the period, with Australia finishing much higher than its start, and Japan finishing slightly lower than its beginning.
At the beginning of the decade, imports from Australia started at roughly 4000 million dollars, and climbed noticeably to over 6000 million dollars between 1994 to 1997. From 1997 to 1998, the number of goods imported decreased slightly, but in the subsequent year, it dipped to 3000 million dollars. At the start of the decade, import figures for Japan began at 3000 million dollars, and rose substantially to over 6000 million dollars from 1994 to 1997. However, between 1997 and 1999, the amount spent on imports decreased moderately to 4000 million dollars.
Towards the end of the 1990s to the start of the 2000s, the rate of imports from Australia steeped to roughly 7500 million dollars, on the other hand, for Japan, the import amount only increased marginally to 6000 million dollars. From 2000 to 2004, the import rate from Japan dipped and finished lower than the start of the period at 2000 million dollars; on the other hand, the import amount in Australia, decreased slightly to roughly 5000 million dollars from the year 2000 to 2002, and reached its highest point in 2004 at 8000 million dollars.
In summary, the import figures change a lot over the period, with Australia attaining the highest level at the end of the period, and Japan reaching its lowest point at the end of the period.