Business Essentials, 12/e

The details of the graph are as follows:

The x-axis plots each year from 2006 through 2016. The y-axis plots exports and imports in terms of billions of dollars, which range from 700 billion dollars to 3,000 billion dollars in increments of 100 billion dollars.

The approximate value of imports for each year are as follows:

• 2006: $1,870 billion

• 2007: $1,980 billion

• 2008: $2,100 billion

• 2009: $ 1,580 billion

• 2010: $1,900 billion

• 2011: $2,200 billion

• 2012: $ 2,280 billion

• 2013: $2,270 billion

• 2014: $2,150 billion

• 2015: $2,300 billion

• 2016: $2,700 billion

The approximate value of exports for each year are as follows:

• 2006: $1,010 billion

• 2007: $1,150 billion

• 2008: $1,300 billion

• 2009: $1,050 billion

• 2010: $1,300 billion

• 2011: $1,500 billion

• 2012: $ ...