Business Statistics

40 Business Statistics

Year Exports (in million metric tonnes)

2000–2001 3.15

2001–2002 3.38

2002–2003 6.92

2003–2004 9.00

2004–2005 10.06

2005–2006 9.19

2006–2007 10.00

Source: www.indiastat.com. accessed October 2008, reproduced with

permission.

2D2. A mismatch between capacity and production in the cement

industry has been observed in India for some years. The fol-

lowing table clearly exhibits the imbalance between produc-

tion capacity and production of cement in the case of large

plants. For the data given in the table below, construct a line

graph.

Year Capacity at the year

end (million tonnes)

Cement production

(million tonnes)