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The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries

The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries
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The given tables provide
sales
 information on
coffee
 and
bananas
 which had Fairtrade labels attached to them and
coffee
 and
bananas
 had been sold in five different European
countries
 over 5
years
,
1990
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from 1990
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 to 2004. The
sales
 price is given in millions of
Euros
 and the fair trade
coffee
 and
bananas
 indicate that the farmers who produced these products are from developing
countries
 and have been paid a decent price for their production.
Overall
,
UK
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the UK
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 was the largest
market
 in
faritrade
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fairtrade
fair trade
 labelled
coffee
,
while
Switzerland
 was the biggest
market
of
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for
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bananas
. As the table data demonstrates
Switzerland
 was the largest
market
of
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for
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coffee
 in 1999 which was around 3
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million
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millions
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million
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of
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apply
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euros
 even though in 2004
UK
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the UK
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 was 20
million
of
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apply
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euros
in
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on
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coffee
while
 in
Switzerland
 was around 6
million
of
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euros
. Belgium and Sweden had the same pattern of
coffee
 over 5
years
,
1million
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1 million
 of
euros
 increased to 1.7
million
of
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euros
,
0.8
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and 0.8
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million
of
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apply
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euros
 went up to 1
million
of
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apply
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euros
 respectively.
Although
 Denmark becomes double in 2004 which
was
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apply
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started at 1.8
million
of
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apply
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euros
.
According to the
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The
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 table clearly say that
sales
 of
coffee
 have
been
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apply
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increased in five
countries
 over both 2
years
. For
the
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apply
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banana
sale
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,sale
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Switzerland
 was the largest sale
market
 in both
years
also
sales
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the sales
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 amount of
banana
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bananas
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 was higher than
sales
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the sales
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 amount of
coffee
. In
Belgium
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,Belgium
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 the
sales
 amount was increased in 2004 which
were
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was
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 started at 0.6
million
of
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apply
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euros
. Other
countries
, Sweden, Denmark even UK
were
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decreased
the
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apply
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sale in 2004.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Rephrase your introduction. Words match: 73%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, coffee, bananas, countries, years, euros, market, switzerland, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "give" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "tables" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fairtrade sales
  • significant growth
  • trends and patterns
  • market expansion
  • sustainable consumption
  • ethical products
  • consumer awareness
  • economic impact
  • percentage increase
  • market share
  • profit margins
  • trade initiatives
  • consumer behavior
  • retail figures
  • economic indicators
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