Task 1 · pie chart · 18 samples

The pie charts below shows exports between the US and Vietnam

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Ideas to explore

  • Compare the largest category in each direction: aircraft parts are $72 million from the US to Vietnam, while coffee is $23 million from Vietnam to the US.
  • Highlight the gap between the leading and smaller categories: US exports include other goods at $35 million and machinery at $30.5 million, while Vietnam’s garments and other exports are both $2 million.
  • Point out close values where they help summarise the data: Vietnam’s seafood ($4.4 million) and rice ($4.3 million) are almost equal.

Suggested structure

  1. Paraphrase what the charts compare and state that values are in millions of dollars.
  2. Give an overview naming the leading category in each direction and any notable tie or overall contrast.
  3. Describe US-to-Vietnam exports from the largest value to the smallest.
  4. Describe Vietnam-to-US exports in descending order, grouping the close seafood and rice figures and the tied lowest figures.
Useful vocabulary & examples
account for
to make up or represent a stated amount or share

Aircraft parts account for $72 million of exports to Vietnam.

be valued at
to have a stated monetary value

Machinery is valued at $30.5 million.

be tied at
to have the same value as another category

Garments and other exports are tied at $2 million.

followed by
used to introduce the next item in a ranking

Coffee leads at $23 million, followed by fruit and vegetables at $16 million.

Sample answers

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The chart graphs above compare correlations between exports of the US and Vietnam. All measures are considered in million dollars. Overall, the majority of exports from Vietnam to the United States is represented by coffee, whereas in vice versa correlation, aircraft parts has the considerable shares. According to the relation of Vietnam’sexportst to the USA’s exports, the largest category was coffee, at $23 million,…

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The given pie chart compares exports in the middle of US and Vietnam. Overall, technologies are being exported to Vietnam, whereas food and products are exported from Vietnam. However, income is low in Vietnam, while only Aircraft parts export income in US is more than all of the Vietnam. In US, Aircraft parts are mostly the largest item, at $72 million. The other exports from the US to Vietnam were other products, w…

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The pie charts illustrate the expenditure in millions of dollars made by the US and Vietnam on exports between them for different items. Overall, Vietnam spent more on exports compared to the US. Among the items featured , the US spent most on Vietnam’s coffee, while Vietnam’s highest expenditure on US aircraft parts. The US exported goods worth $72 million to Vietnam in aircraft parts, the largest category. Other go…

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