The graph below gives information about the price of bananas in four countries between 1994 and 2004. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart illustrates the amount of money needed to purchase

bananas

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in four countries from 1996 to 2004.

Overall

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, it can be seen that Japan and Germany experienced an upward trend.

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both countries faced a fluctuating price in a given

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, the remaining countries were almost stable in

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range of time.

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, it was noticeable that there was an unstable price movement of

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from Japan and Germany. At the beginning of the

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, the price of

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in Japan was $2 per kilogram and ended up with $2.5.

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, the cost of German

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moved from $1.5 to approximately $1.75 in 2004.

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there was a slight increase in

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bananas

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expenses in the USA between 1996 and 1998,

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figure was stable at around $1.25 per kilogram until the end of the

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.

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France had an unstable value from 1996 to 2003,

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number was equal to the beginning of the

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with $2 per kilogram.