The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The tables show the change
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turnover of Fairtrade-labeled
coffee
and
bananas
between 1999 and 2004 in the
UK
,
Switzerland
, Denmark,
Belgium
, and
Sweden
. In general, the revenue of both
coffee
and
bananas
in 2004 witnessed
a
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rapid growth in almost all countries when
being
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compared with the one in 1999, except
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sales
of
bananas
in
Belgium
and
Sweden
. The figure
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the
UK
had the strongest increase among the 5 observed countries. The
sales
of
coffee
and
bananas
rose significantly in the
UK
,
Switzerland
, and Denmark from 1999 to 2004. The value of
coffee
selling
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in the
UK
jumped up more than 10 times and the one of
bananas
went up more than 3 times to reach the peak at respectively 20 and 47
millions
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euros
. The amount of
coffee
and
bananas
consumed in
Switzerland
and Denmark had a slighter increase.
While
the sale of
coffee
and banana in
Switzerland
went up by respectively 3 and 4.5
millions
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euros
to 6 and 5.6
millions
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euros
in 2004, the amount of
sales
of Fairtrade-labeled
coffee
and
bananas
in
Sweden
rose by 0.2 and 3.4
millions
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euros
to 2 and 4
millions
of
euros
in order. The
sales
of
coffee
increased slightly in
Belgium
and
Sweden
by 0.7 and 0.2
millions
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euros
respectively to 1.7 and 1
millions
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euros
in 2004.
Conversely
, The
sales
of
bananas
in
Belgium
and
Sweden
gradually fell from 0.8 and 2 million
euros
in 1999 to 1 and 0.9
millions
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euros
in 2004.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words coffee, bananas, uk, switzerland, belgium, sweden, sales, millions, euros with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "went up" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fairtrade-labelled
  • sales figures
  • percentage increase/decrease
  • European countries
  • sales volume
  • notable trend
  • exponential growth
  • moderate rise
  • marked decline
  • comparative analysis
  • economic factors
  • consumer preferences
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