The graph below gives information about the price of bananas in four countries between 1994 and 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided chart compares the

cost

of

bananas

in four nations between 1994 and 2004.

Overall

, the

price

of

bananas

was the lowest in the USA during the recorded period and had the highest average

cost

in Japan.

According to

the graph, the

price

of

bananas

was exactly 1 dollar for each

kilogram

between 1994 and 1997,

then

, it increased in 1998 to just below 1.5

dollars

, and after that, its

price

levelled off for the rest of the years. The

cost

of

bananas

in Germany was more than its

cost

in the USA during the recorded years and exactly 1.5

dollars

per

kilogram

and

then

experienced some fluctuations and reached the highest

cost

in 2002 exactly 2

dollars

for each

kilogram

,

finally

was just below 2

dollars

in 2004. The

price

of

bananas

was 2

dollars

in France in 1994 and it remained constant until 1998 after that it reached its lowest

price

exactly 1.5

dollars

for each

kilogram

, after that it saw some oscillations and returned to its

price

in 1994. The

price

of

bananas

in Japan in 1994 was the same as in France and

then

it experienced an upward trend and saw the highest

cost

of exactly 3

dollars

in 1998 for the rest of the years

then

its

price

fluctuated between 1999 and 2003 and

finally

reached 2.5

dollars

for each

kilogram

in 2004.