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 tables illustrate the amount of coffee and bananas with Fairtrade-labelled which were sold in the years
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1999 and 2004 among five countries in Europe.
Overall
,
Switzerland
dominated the
sales
of bananas labelled,
while
UK
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led in the
sales
of coffee. It is
also
noteworthy that most of the countries showed an upward trend in
sales
except Denmark and Sweden. It is seen that the money gained from selling the labelled coffee in
UK
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is 1.5
millions
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euros
, which was only the third-highest
sales
in 1999,
while
Switzerland
was the highest with 3
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euros
.
However
, by 2004, the number of
UK
reached
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20, exceeding
Switzerland
, which only climbed slightly to 6. Coffee’s sale in Sweden was the lowest with just 0.8 and 1
millions
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euros
respectively. In comparison with the selling amount of Fairtrade-labelled bananas in
Switzerland
, which was 15 before growing to 47
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euros
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and Belgium were 5.5 and 4.
On the other hand
, Sweden and Denmark were the two only countries that experienced a fall in
sales
, which plunged to 1 and 0.9 respectively.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words switzerland, sales, uk, millions, euros with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" 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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