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The charts below show the percentage of food and goods bought from supermarkets in European countries in 1998 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show the percentage of food and goods bought from supermarkets in European countries in 1998 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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bar charts illustrate vividly the proportion of
food
 and
goods
 bought in supermarkets in three different
countries
 in Europe between 1998 and 2008. On the whole, it can be seen that the citizens in
country
 A seemed to spend more money on
food
 and
goods
 among the three
countries
.
Moreover
, the share of
food
 and
goods
 bought in the supermarket in three
countries
 increased over the year. In the first chart, it is apparent that in 1998, 10% of the
food
 was bought by residents in
country
 A and above 25% in
country
 2.
However
, after ten years,
this
 ratio rose dramatically in
country
 A, and grew slightly in
country
 B, at 35% and nearly 30%, respectively.
Country
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 C, the figure was always below 10% in two measured years. In the second chart, the percentage of
goods
 bought in
Country
 A and
Country
 C were under 5% in 1998. After a decade, both
countries
 underwent an upward trend when
this
 figure skyrocketed to nearly 40% in
Country
 A, and 15% in
Country
 C. Meanwhile, the proportion of
goods
 consumed in
Country
 B remained at around 25% in both years.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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