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.
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The tables illustrated changes in sales of Fairtrade-marked
coffee
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and bananas from 1999 to 2004, with figures being observed in 5 European nations.
Overall
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coffee
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purchase
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purchases
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witnessed
upward
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an upward
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trend in every
condsidered
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considered
country,
whereas
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trades
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trade
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of
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for
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banana
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bananas
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deteriorated in some of them. Looking at the
coffee
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trade, it is notable that it skyrocketed the most in
UK
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the UK
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, reaching 20
millions
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million
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of
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euros
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after five year period.
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, Switzerland, which had doubled its sales up to 6 million
euros
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, still could not match the numbers demonstrated by the leader.
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, Denmark and Sweden had a subtle increase in purchasing
coffee
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,
accounted
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by
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200 thousand
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during the
half decade
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half-decade
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. Having said that, figures appeared to be slightly distinctive for bananas. Specifically, the highest purchase trend was observed in Switzerland with 47 million, which surpassed the UK by far
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had 5.5
at the end
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of the period.
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, Denmark and Sweden experienced
considerable
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downfall
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of 0.8 and 1.1
millions
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million
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of
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euros
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respectively.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words coffee, euros with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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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