The chart and graph give information about sales and share prices for Coca-Cola. Write a report for a university lectuer describing the information shown below.

The chart and graph illustrate data about global

sales

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and

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prices for

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in a 5-year period between 1996 and 2001.

It is clear that

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people in North America consumed

Coca-Cola

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more than any other region in the world in 2000,

while

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it was least popular in Africa and the Middle East.

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,

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's

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price experienced a rise during the period shown in question. In 1996, the

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price of

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was just under 40$. After that, the figure increased sharply in the coming year, reaching just under 70 dollars.

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this

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, it dipped slightly and

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recovered until hitting a peak at approximately 80$, which meant that it achieved the highest level of

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prices during the whole period.

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, it decreased steadily by almost 35$ in 2000, after which it went up to just over 55$ in 2001. In 2000, 17.1bn bottles of

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were sold. The

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percentage of

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are varied in each region all over the world.

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in North America were the most popular at just under one-third of the total units, just ahead of Latin America at 25.7 per cent. Europe came next with 20.5% of total

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of

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, making it more popular than that in Asia at 16.4%,

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that was over twice as many as in Africa and the Middle East.