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 table illustrates the number of
households
that consumed various durable products made in
Britain
in percentages from 1972 to 1983. In the early 1990s, the most popular British durable goods used by
households
was the
television
at a mean of 94%,
while
the least popular British durables used by homes were the video player and dishwasher at nil%. In the late 1990s, the most popular British durable good used by
households
was the
television
at a mean of approximately 97%,
whereas
the video player was the least favourite durable good made in
Britain
and used by homes at nil %. In 1981 and 1982, the most popular durable
product
made in the UK was the
television
, at a mean of 97%;
however
, the least popular durable
product
made in
Britain
that was used by
households
was the video player at nil per cent. In 1983, the
television
was the most popular durable
product
made in
Britain
and was used by homes at 98 per cent,
on the other hand
, vacuum cleaners were the least popular durable
product
produced in
Britain
and were used by
households
at 0%.
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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words households, britain, television, product with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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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