The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The tables show how fair trade coffee and banana
sales
changed in five different European countries in 1999 compared to 2004.
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Overall
, coffee Linking Words
sales
rose in all countries, with the Use synonyms
UK
experiencing the most significant change. Banana Use synonyms
sales
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also
increased in all but two countries and were the highest in the Linking Words
UK
.
In 1999, the most significant coffee Use synonyms
sales
at 3 Use synonyms
million
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euros
were reported in Switzerland and doubled in 2004. The figure for the Use synonyms
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initially
half of that of Switzerland at 1. 5 Linking Words
million
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euros
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while
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sales
in Denmark were slightly higher at 1. 8 Use synonyms
million
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euros
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However
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while
the former dramatically rose to 20 Linking Words
million
, the latter had a slight increase to 2 Use synonyms
million
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euros
. There was little difference between the figure for Belgium and that of Sweden at 1 and 0. 8 respectively. Use synonyms
Nevertheless
, the former experienced noticeable increases to 1. 7 Linking Words
million
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while
the recent had a mere increase to 1 Linking Words
million
in 2004.
Regarding the Use synonyms
sales
of bananas, the Use synonyms
UK
figure was the highest in both years of surveys, as it dramatically rose from 15 Use synonyms
million
in 1999 to over threefold in 2004. The Use synonyms
sales
of Sweden were originally twice that of Switzerland in 1999 at 2 Use synonyms
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and 1 Use synonyms
million
respectively. Use synonyms
However
, Linking Words
while
the former experienced a slight decline to below half at 0. 9 Linking Words
million
, the latter had a surge to over fivefold at 5. 5 Use synonyms
million
in 2004. Use synonyms
Likewise
, the Linking Words
sales
of Belgium were threefold that of Denmark. Use synonyms
However
, whilst the former encountered a slight drop to half, the latter had a sudden increase to over sixfold at 4 Linking Words
million
in 2004.Use synonyms
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