The line graph illustrates the retail price per kilogram of bananas in four countries — Japan, France, Germany, and the USA — over a nine-year period from 1996 to 2004.
Overall, Japan consistently had the highest banana prices throughout the period, while the USA had the lowest. Although all countries experienced fluctuations, the prices in France and the USA remained relatively stable compared to the more volatile trends in Japan and Germany.
In 1996, both Japan and France started with banana prices at $2 per kg, while Germany and the USA had lower prices at approximately $1.5 and $1, respectively. Japan saw a sharp rise, peaking at $3 in 1998, before fluctuating between $2 and $2.5 until 2002, and then dipping to a low of $1.5 in 2003, before rising again to $2 in 2004.
France’s prices remained stable at $2 until 1998, dropped to $1.5 in 1999, and then gradually recovered to maintain a steady level of