The table below give information about sales of fairtrade labelled coffee bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries
The tables present how Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas were sold in five different nations in Europe in the years 1999 and 2004.
It is clear that
there was an upward tendency in the sale of coffee in all countries. Linking Words
However
, banana sales in Sweden and Denmark decreased, Linking Words
while
the opposite was true for the other regions.
As can be seen, the UK sold only 1.5 Linking Words
million
euros of coffee in 1999, compared to 3 Use synonyms
million
in Switzerland. Over 5 years, the figure for that in the former climbed significantly to 20 Use synonyms
million
, Use synonyms
whereas
the latter doubled. Linking Words
Moreover
, Denmark and Sweden's proportions stood at 1.8 and 0.8 Linking Words
million
respectively at first before rising by 0.2 Use synonyms
million
in 2004. Belgium Use synonyms
also
witnessed an increase from 1 to 1.7 Linking Words
million
within 5 years.
Regarding banana sales, in 1999, Switzerland was recorded to be at the top of the list with 15 Use synonyms
million
euros, Use synonyms
then
it kept growing and reached a peak of 47 Linking Words
million
in 2004. Use synonyms
Additionally
, the UK and Belgium took up 5.5 and 4.6 Linking Words
million
severally Use synonyms
at the end
of the period after being at 1 and 0.6 Linking Words
million
at the beginning. Use synonyms
By contrast
, Sweden and Denmark experienced a decline from approximately 2 Linking Words
million
in 1999 to about 1 Use synonyms
million
after half a decade.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words million with synonyms.
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