The bar chart illustrates how many pineapples were exported from three different countries between 2009 and 2019. The pie chart gives information about a breakdown of the cost that customers had to pay for each pineapple in 2019.
Overall, there was an increase in the number of world pineapples exported by countries A and C, while the figures for country B declined over the years. In addition, the most-attributed factor to the cost to the buyers was distribution and retail in 2019.
The number of pineapples that were produced in country A and exported started at about 1 million metric tonnes (MT), after which it rose significantly to reach over 10 MT in 2019. A similar change, but to a lesser extent, was seen in the figures for country C, which increased negligibly from around 0.2 MT to 0.5 MT. Meanwhile, approximately 4.3 MT of pineapples in country B were exported to other countries, with a subsequent fall to just under 2 MT ten years later.
In 2019, distribution and retail accounted for the majority of the cost to the customers, at 35% for a pineapple, followed by profit at 18% and taxes at 16%. The figures for international transport and import licenses were lower, at 12% and 10%, respectively. The least paid categories were producer and export costs, with the respective figures being 5% and 4%.