The average prices per kilometre of clothing imported into the European Union from six different countries in 1993 and 2003 are shown in the bar chart below.
Sample Response
The bar graph shows average price the European Union (EU) spent for per kilometre clothing import from six different years in 1993 and 2003. It is obvious that the EU paid the highest amount for each kilometre of clothingeach kilometre costume fromto Argentina. According to the illustration, the EU paid the highest price for clothing imported from Argentinaspent the highest amount for clothing import from Argentina at approximatelywhich was approximately 28 pounds per kilometre in 1993. This rate was significantly higher; almost nine times as highalmost 9 times higher than the price paid for imports from Bangladeshthe rate it gave to Bangladesh. The second and third highest prices were paid for imports from Brazil and Japanrates were given to Brazil and Japan, roughly 23 and 15 pounds respectively. China and India had lower pricesgot less than that and their prices were highertheir rate was higher than the import rate from Bangladesh. The latter received only around £3 per kilometre3 pound per kilo which was one-fifth of the price paid for imports from Japanalmost three times less than the rate paid to Japan. Prices increasedThe rate went higher in 2003 for China, India and Bangladesh which had the lowest priceswho were the least paid countries a decade earlierin a decade earlier. The price for costume import from Brazil remained unchanged while slightly declined for Argentina and Japan. Despite the price changes, Argentina and Brazil were still priced higher than imports from India and Bangladeshhighly paid than that of India and Bangladesh while China’s price went as high as 17 pounds, almost double its 1993 levelalmost double than that of 1993’s rate.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The strongest feature is broad coverage of all six countries and both years, with most major directions and rankings correctly identified. The main limitation is a weak overall trend summary plus inaccurate comparisons between Bangladesh and Japan and in describing China’s rise as almost double, compounded by persistent unnatural chart language. Prioritise an accurate overview of rises, falls and stability, then use precise price-per-kilometre wording and controlled comparative forms.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The report covers every country, selects many accurate values and identifies the main increases and decreases, but the overview is limited and two proportional comparisons are inaccurate.
Summarise that China, India and Bangladesh rose, Brazil was stable, and Argentina and Japan fell, then compare values using exact differences or ratios.
Coherence and Cohesion
Information progresses logically from the 1993 rankings to changes in 2003, but the single-paragraph presentation and some loosely connected clauses weaken organisation.
Separate the overview from two detail paragraphs, grouping the 1993 ranking first and the cross-year changes second.
Lexical Resource
The response uses a reasonable range of trend and ranking language, but frequent word-choice errors such as “costume,” “rate it gave” and “least paid countries” undermine precision.
Refer consistently to “clothing import prices,” countries the EU imported from, and prices that rose, fell or remained unchanged.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Meaning remains generally clear, but errors in articles, prepositions, plurals and comparative structures occur throughout, including fragments and forms such as “double than.”
Practise complete subject-verb clauses and comparison patterns such as “twice as high as” and “higher than,” while checking articles and units.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The average prices per kilometre of clothing imported into the European Union from six different countries in 1993 and 2003 are shown in the bar chart below.
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