The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labeled 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-labeled 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 illustrate data about
sales
of two commodities coffee and bananas in five different countries in two specific years 1999 and 2004.
Overall
, among the five countries the UK sold the most amount of coffee ,
however
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,however
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Sweden
had the least
sales
. For another product, bananas, Switzerland was on the top list but
Sweden
and
Denmark
were on the bottom list. In 1999,
Denmark
sold 1.8
million
of euros coffee which was the highest at that time,
while
0.8
million
euros was for
Sweden
. After five years, in 2004, all countries had an increase in their
sales
. The UK
sales
rose more than ten times from 1.5
million
to 20
million
.
Sweden
's
sales
doubled from 3 to 6
million
.
Denmark
and
Sweden
rose to about 0.2
million
and reached 2 and 1
million
respectively. In 1999, Switzerland sold 15
million
which by far had the most proportion among others and Belgium just sold under 1
million
. There was a rise in
sales
for Switzerland, The UK, and Belgium in 2004 and
Sweden
and
Denmark
sales
decreased by about 2
million
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, sweden, denmark, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "about" 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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