The given graph shows the different prices of bananas among four countries from 1994 to 2004, measured in dollars per kilogram.
Overall, there was a climb in bananas’ price in Japan and the USA while that of Germany and France decreased during the scale. In addition, Japanese bananas had the highest price in most of the time.
At the start, a kilogram of bananas cost 1.8$ in Japan and 0.8$ in the USA. After peaking at 2.8$ per kilogram in 1995, the figure for this Japanese fruit witnessed a significant fluctuation around 2$ in the next 4 years. Since 2000, a dramatic drop from 2.2$ to 1.6$ was recorded in bananas’ price. Then, the figure recovered and ended at 2.5$ from the lowest point in 2001. USA’s bananas experienced a small variation with an upward trend in their cost between 1994 and 1999. In the remaining time, the figure stayed the same at 1.1$ per kilogram.
In 1994, the prices of bananas in Germany and France stood at 1.4$ and 1.7$, respectively. During the given time, Germany’s bananas fluctuated with a going down trend, ending at 1.2$ for each kilogram. Meanwhile, the figure for France’s bananas decreased slightly in the first 4 years, then fluctuated strongly to reach 1$ in 2003. The price rose moderately to 1.6$ in 2004.
