The tables below show sales of fair trade coffee and bananas in five countries in Europe in 1999 and 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables below show sales of fair trade coffee and bananas in five countries in Europe in 1999 and 2004.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table
compare
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compares
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the transactions in caffeine drinks and
bananas
between five countries namely,
United
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the United
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Kingdom, Switzerland,
Denmark
,
Sweden
, and Belgium between 1999 and 2004.
Overall
, the
purchasement
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purchase
in
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of
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coffee and
bananas
in all countries experienced an upward movement except for
Sweden
and
Denmark
, which invested less in fruits. It can be clearly seen that
UK
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the UK
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spent 1.5
million
euros in 1999
for
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on
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coffee,
over
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and over
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the next five years there was a dramatic rise to 20
million
.
However
, the coffee investment in
Denmark
,
Sweden
, and Belgium started at 1.8, 1, 0.8
million
euros,
eventually
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and eventually
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grew slightly to 2, 1.7,
1
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and 1
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million
in 2004, respectively. Switzerland had a twofold increase from 3
million
in the first year to 6
million
in the final year.
On the other hand
, Switzerland was the major buyer of
bananas
in 1999 and 2004 at around 15
million
and 24
million
respectively. The banana sales in
Sweden
and
Denmark
remained under 2
million
euros throughout the period
while
UK
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the UK
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had the highest growth in
bananas
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banana
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spending, with 1
million
in the early year and 5.5
million
by the end.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words bananas, denmark, sweden, million with synonyms.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • fair trade
  • sales figures
  • significant increase/decrease
  • stable trend
  • consumer behavior
  • market trends
  • growth rate
  • consumer acceptance
  • market growth
  • increased awareness
  • consumer preferences
  • economic factors
  • implications
  • theorize
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