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.
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The two tables illustrate the profit of Fairtrade-labelled
coffee
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and banana in two different years between 1999 and 2004 in
UK
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the UK
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, Switzerland,
Denmark
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, Belgium, and Sweden. The highest
sales
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of
coffee
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in 1999
was
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were
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in
Denmark
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, reaching almost 2
million
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euros
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while
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five years later, in 2004, UK
coffee
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sales
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surpassed
this
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record with
coffee
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sales
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income
to
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of
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approximately 20
million
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euros
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.
Denmark
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and Sweden experienced a slight increase in their
sales
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by 0.2
million
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euros
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over the period, starting from 1.8
million
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euros
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and 0.8
million
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euros
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, respectively, to 2
million
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euros
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and 1
million
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euros
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, respectively. One of the prominent features of the second table is that, between 1999 to 2004 there was a dramatic increase in bananas
sales
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in Switzerland, skyrocketing from 15
million
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euros
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to 47
million
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euros
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.
On the contrary
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, Sweden and
Denmark
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declined in their bananas
sales
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, dropping from 1.8
million
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euros
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and 2
million
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euros
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in 1999 to 1
million
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of
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apply
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euros
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and 0.9
million
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euros
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in 2004, respectively.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words coffee, denmark, sales, million, euros with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "tables" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 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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