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 table shows the data of Fairtrade products,
coffee
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, and
bananas
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that were sold in five different European between 1999 and 2004.
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, it can be seen that the
sales
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of
coffee
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in the UK have made the most progress
while
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the
sales
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of
coffee
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, the highest
sales
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belong to Switzerland.
According to
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the
sales
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of
coffee
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, in 1999, all five countries only made a small number of
sales
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as the range of their
sales
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was
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between 0.8 to 3
million
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of
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euros
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.
However
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, in 2004, the
sales
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improved dramatically especially in the UK because
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they
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went from 1.5
million
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of
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euros
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in 1999 to 20
million
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euros
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in 2004. The
sales
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of
coffee
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in Sweden,
however
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, are considered the lowest in the table as their
sales
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of
coffee
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only increased by 0.2
million
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euros
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. Switzerland, Denmark and Belgium were
also
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increased slightly in
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as well but theirs were not as low as Sweden’s. In terms of the
sales
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of
bananas
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, Switzerland had the highest
sales
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and it has increased considerably, from 15
million
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euros
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in 1999 to 47
million
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of
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euros
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in 2004. The same thing happened with the
sales
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of
bananas
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in the UK and Belgium, from 1
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euros
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to 5.5
million
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and from 0.6
million
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to 4
million
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respectively.
On the other hand
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, Denmark showed a decline in
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. It went from 2
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euros
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in 1999 to 0.9
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of
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euros
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in 2004 which was almost halved of the total money made from the sale in 1999. Sweden,
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, their
sales
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of
bananas
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also
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decreased in 2004 as well, going from 1.8
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of
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euros
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to 1
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of
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euros
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also, however".
Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words coffee, bananas, sales, million, euros with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 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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