The line graph illustrates the price of bananas in Japan, France, Germany and The USA over the span of 11 years, starting from 1994.
Overall, the prices of bananas in Japan and France fluctuated significantly, while those in Germany and the USA showed a more stable trend, leveling off in the final years. It is noticeable that the price of bananas in Japan generally higher than the other categories for the majority of the timeframe.
As regards the price of bananas in Japan, it experienced a rapid increase from around 1.80 $ per kilogram to nearly 3.00 $ per kilogram in 1995. Then it decreased dramatically to approximately 1.80 $ per kilogram in 1997. After a fluctuation and a slight fall to around 1.60 $ per kilogram in 2001, it escalated sharply to 2.50 $ per kilogram in the last year, becoming the highest figure over the given period. In contrast, the figure for France showed the different trend over the given period. It remained stable at around 1.60 $ per kilogram from 1994 to 1997. There was a fluctuation from 1997 to 2002, followed by a sudden reduce to 1.00 in 2003. Then the figure for France witnessed a significant rose to approximately 1.55 $ per kilogram in 2004.
Regarding the figure for Germany, it varied between nearly 1.50 $ per kilogram and around 1.20 $ per kilogram from 1994 to 2002, levelling off in the last 2 years. Turning to The USA, it witnessed a fluctuation and a slight escalation to approximately 1.10 $ per kilogram in 1999. Then the figure for The USA remained unchanged from 1999 to 2004
