IELTS Band 9 report, topic: Bar chart describing Scotland's exports

This is a model response to a Writing Task 1 topic from the High Scorer's Choice IELTS Practice Tests book series (reprinted with permission). Writing Task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart below shows Scotland's exports to the rest of the UK and the rest of the world for the year 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. Scotland's Exports to the Rest of the UK and the Rest of the World – 2014 Sample Band 9 Report This report concerns a bar chart, which compares Scotland's exports in different areas of industry to the rest of the UK with its exports to the rest of the world in 2014. It is evident that exports to the rest of the world were much more significant to the Scottish economy than those to the rest of the UK. The bar chart shows that in 2014 Scotland exported more to the rest of the world than to the rest of the UK in all the industries mentioned with one exception. The Electrical & Instrument Engineering industry exports were £4 billion to the rest of the UK compared to £2.3 billion going to the rest of the world. In other industry sectors, the difference in exports was most significant in the Business Services & Finance, Hotels & Restaurant Services Industry, with exports to the rest of the world worth £13.8 billion and exports to the UK worth only £1.7 billion. Other notable sectors were Wholesale & Retail with roughly £7 billion of difference between exports to ROW and the rest of the UK, Chemicals & Mineral Products and Other Manufacturing where the difference between exports to the rest of the world and those to the rest of the UK was approaching £5 billion. ⇒ Get your own writing checked here ⇐ Recommended Resources Academic IELTS Book "Personally, I can say that your book was so fundamental to my preparation that without it I think I would barely receive a 6.5." - Leonardo from Brazil Learn more BUY NOW General Training IELTS Book "This book provides concise and useful tips to complete all test tasks well and on-time. Thanks again for recommending this great book to me." - Michelle P. from Malaysia Learn more BUY NOW Practice Tests for IELTS "As it turned out, the test was in exactly the same format as your examples. I would not have been able to achieve my 8 overall score on my own" - Martin from Germany Learn more BUY NOW Online IELTS Preparation Course "My overall band is 8 - thanks again for your invaluable help... the feedback from you is much more helpful than any other courses." - Anne F. Learn more BUY NOW Useful Links Popular Topics Connect New! Free App for Practice Free Online Course Study Books Essay Samples Subscribe to daily tips Recent IELTS exams IELTS Speaking IELTS results competition Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter RSS feed Web

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