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 above chart illustrates data on

pineapple

exports by three prominent producing countries in the years 2009 and 2019 with that cost applied to each

pineapple

to the consumer during the year 2019.

Overall

,

Country

A in 2019 dominates among its peers with a value of 10

million

.

On the other hand

, Distribution and retail charges are the highest in the sale of

pineapple

to customers.

To begin

with,

Country

A in 2009 had 1

million

world

pineapple

export

whereas

in 2019 it rose to 10 metric tonnes,

this

is a tenfold growth.

Additionally

,

country

B, had 4.1

million

exports in 2009 meanwhile in 2019 it dropped to 1.7

million

. And for

country

C, during both years it doesn't contribute much to the market. Despite

this

,In the pie diagram, most of the cost to the consumer was held by the distribution and retail.

However

, the least among them is export costs and 18% of the expense is consumed as a profit.

Moreover

, taxes take around 16% which is an extra burden to the consumer.

Nevertheless

, only 5% of the amount is taken by the producer.

Furthermore

, International transport costs 12 % approximately which is again added to the total price of the

pineapple

.