The line chart illustrates the price of bananas in four countries over the period from 1996 to 2004, measured in US dollars per kilogram.
Overall, fluctuate can be observed throughout the period, except for the USA. While Japan remained highest category, the USA stayed lowest throughout the timeframe and also the most dramatic change.Eventually fall behind France and Germany
In 1996, Japan emerged as the leading category, standing at 2.2 dollars, while France and Germany followed at 2.0 and 1.4 respectively. By comparison, USA was lower, at 1.0 dollars. However, the subsequent years witnessed significant fluctuation and eventually Japan fluctuated dramatically, reaching 3.0 in 1998.
In contrast to the trend can be observed in Japan, Germany and France followed a different pattern. Although Germany started at relatively low base. Eventually reaching at 1.5 and rose to 1.7 by 2004. Meanwhile, USA remained stable at around 1.2 throughout the period. By the end, Japan has consolidated its position at 2.5, whereas USA stayed at 1.25 dollars.
