Exercise 1 - Task One Pineapple exports The charts show world pineapple exports by the top three pineapple-producing countries in 2009 and 2019, and a breakdown of the cost to the consumer of each pineapple in 2019.

The

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bar chart indicates the world

pineapple

exports for the top three countries that produced

this

fruit in 2009 and 2019, and the pie chart shows the cost of each

pineapple

for the customer.

It is clear that

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country

A had the biggest production in 2019,

while

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country

B had

this

position in 2019. Distribution and retail included the greatest part of the cost for each

pineapple

in 2019. In 2009,

country

B harvested the biggest amount of

pineapple

more than 4 metric tonnes,

while

country

A had just about 1 metric tonne production, and the figures for

country

C were negligible. Meanwhile,

country

A produced a huge rate of

this

fruit which was almost 10 metric tonnes,

while

country

B just gave about 1.5 metric tonnes of

pineapple

to the global market. The pie chart shows that 35% of the expenditure of each

pineapple

was for distribution and retail in 2019.

In addition

, profit and taxes had 18% and 16% of expenditure for the customer, respectively. The amount of money which the consumer expended on import licences and international transport for each

pineapple

was about 11 per cent,

while

the proportions for export costs and profit was almost 4%.