The chart compares the amount of money (dollars in billion) that Company ABC earned from selling its products in North America and Europe. The data was collected between 2003 and 2008.
From 2003 to 2005, the export sales to North America and Europe rose gradually. In the years 2003 and 2004, the sale of export products in Europe was more than that in North America. However, in 2005, the sales in the two areas were the same, reached 4 millions dollars.
Whereas the export sale in North America had continued to rise steadily by 2005, that in Europe decreased dramatically in the last two yeats after remaining constant in 2006, making the gap between them larger over time. Particularly, in the year 2008. the export sale in North America reached its highest point at 5.5 million dollars, nearly three times as many as that in Europe.
Overall, while there was an increased sale in products exported to North America, the sale from export to Europe countries had varied significantly in the same period.
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