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. Write at least 150 words.

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.

Write at least 150 words.
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The tables demonstrate how much Fairtrade coffee and bananas were sold in 1999 and 2004.
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Switzerland
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was in both years on top of the list except for the coffee purchase in 2004 that British people surpassed them. The
sale
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of coffee in the UK under the label of Fairtrade had seen a dramatic rise by 2004, from 1.5 to 20
million
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euros.
Switzerland
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which used to be the top seller, in the
last
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year
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stood at the second rand,
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the Swiss had doubled their corresponding purchase after five years. The other European countries under the study - Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden - accounted for trivial numbers in
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sale
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compared to the first two countries mentioned above. Faritrade-labelled bananas were the most popular in
Switzerland
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in the
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year of the 20th century with 15
million
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euros
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. The other countries did not have more than 5
million
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euros in the market
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. After half a decade,
Switzerland
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was still standing on top, selling 47
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which was even almost three times its own
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in 1999. One prominent feature of the report is that the UK and Belgium had increased more than 5 times each, (1-5.5) and (0.6-4) respectively. Sweden and Denmark represented the only declines throughout the data in both tables, (1.8-1) and (2-0.9) in order.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words switzerland, sale, million with synonyms.
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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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