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3. Findings

Graph 1 shows the sales trends of Smart Kids toys in the markets of USA, China, and Japan during the decade of 1990s.

__3.1 CHINA__

In the very beginning two years of the 1990s, sales of Smart Kids educational toys in China dropped steadily from HK$ 40 million to the half that amount. They then levelled off in the following three years. Up to the end of the decade, there had been a consistent growth in its sales and the figure finally reached a new high of HK$ 60 million.

__3.2 JAPAN__

In Japan, sales stabilised at HK$ 20 million in 1990. They then soared to 1992 before leveling off at about HK$ 40 million until 1995. However, sales then fell sharply in 1995 to HK$ 20 million, and continued declining in1996 to HK$ 10 million, after which they remained constant towards the end of the decade.

__3.3 USA__

The sales in USA increased steadily in the beginning of this decade until reaching a peak of HK$50 million in 1993. After one year, the sale s started to fluctuate. The sales value met two bottoms in 1996 and 1998 as well as one peak (...) 1997. Up to the end this (...) decade, the sales were slowly growing.

Comparing the performance of the three, it is clear that the sales in China and Japan are highly negative ly correlated related. Whereas in the first part of the 1990s, the trend of sales in Japan and USA went mainly the same, but later there was a jump in USA while none in Japan. However, there was no obvious relation ship between the sales in USA and China.

Generally ok. As the 1990s is a decade, there is no need to use //decade//.