Band 6+: The graph below shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugar and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart illustrates how prices of goods, including fresh fruits and vegetables, sugar and sweets, carbonated drinks, along with consumer-price index, were changed from 1978 to 2009. At first glance, it was evident that they increased throughout the period with the fresh fruits and vegetables that placed the highest price among the others.

Initially, the prices for 4 types stood at less than a mere 100 before rising to slightly over 100 in 1985. Subsequently, 3 out of the categories: consumer-price index, sugar and sweets, and carbonated drinks, constantly grew to a range from 100 to 150 until 1993. While the consumer-price index had increased to over 150 in 1995, the price of sugar and sweets rose to over 150 in 1999. The former eventually finished at fairly more than 200 in 2009, whereas the latter peaked at approximately 200 in the same year.

The most significant trend was experienced by the fresh fruits and vegetables, while the otherwise was witnessed by the carbonated drinks. Despite the same trend at the beginning, the former’s price had reached nearly 350 in 2007, while the latter increased to fairly above 150 in 2009.