BAND 7.5 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLE: ANALYSIS OF E-COMMERCE PURCHASES BY INDUSTRY IN CANADA (2015-2019)

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The chart below shows the proportion of businesses making e-commerce purchases by industry in Canada between 2015 and 2019.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Essay Sample

Presented is a bar chart comparing the percentages of diverse business sectors which had made e-commerce purchases in Canada during a five-year period commencing from 2015. Overall, it can be observed from the graph that all the given businesses purchased the lowest amount in 2015. However, information and communication witnessed the largest proportions in the given years.
Information and communication category, registered the biggest percentages of about 75% in the graph in 2018, and also it was greater than the other four years. Followed by 2017 standing at roughly 71%, and 2019 and 2017 both accounted at 70%. On the other hand, 62% was the registered figure in 2015. Moreover, Retail section, similarly had its largest amount in 2018 at about 57%, followed closely in 2019, 2017 and 2016 standing at 56%, 54%, 52%, respectively, whereas there was a significant different in its purchase rate in 2015 which was 32%.
In addition, along the three remaining categories, 2018 was the year that all has purchased the biggest amount, accounting at about 62%, 55% and 58% for wholesale, construction and manufacturing sectors in the given order. Followed by 2018 in wholesale and construction. Opposed to manufacturing in which 2016 had ranked second at 52%. In addition, the lowest percentages of all the given industry groups had been made in 2016.