You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words.

The provided line graph illustrates data regarding the

price

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changes for

bananas

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in four different nations from 1994 to 2004.

Overall

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, it can be seen that the

price

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of

bananas

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in Germany and France experienced a downward trend,

while

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that of the United States displayed a slight increase during the same period shown. Noticeably, the

price

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of

bananas

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every

kilogram

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in

Japan

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exceeded far from the other three countries and fluctuated at a specific range. Looking at the diagram in more detail, we can observe that in 1994 the cost of

bananas

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in

Japan

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stood at around 1.9

dollars

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for every

kilogram

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, which was approximately two times higher than that of the USA. Over the following 7 years, the banana

price

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in

Japan

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first increased by 1 dollar per

kilogram

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in 1995 and

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dropped by 1.3

dollars

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until 2001,

whereas

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the counterpart for the USA went up by 0.3

dollars

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.

In contrast

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, Germany and France witnessed a modest fluctuation, with the cost ranging from 1.2

dollars

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to 1.8

dollars

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.

According to

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the picture, the

price

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in

Japan

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continuously rose from 1.6

dollars

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in 2001 to 2.5

dollars

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in 2004.

However

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, the cost of

bananas

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in the USA remained relatively stable, with the figure being 1.2

dollars

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for the

last

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three years.

Furthermore

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, the banana

price

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in Germany dwindled to 1.4

dollars

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every

kilogram

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at the end

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of the period, followed by 1.6

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in France.