WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make Write at least 150 words.

The table compares five different

countries

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in terms of consumer expenditure

on

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three categories in 2002.

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, Turkey has the most

consumers

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of two items: food/drink/tobacco and leisure/education,

while

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consumers

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spent more on clothing/footwear in Italy.

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, the highest expenditure of all five

countries

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was on food/drink/tobacco. In the category of food/drink/tobacco, 32.14% of

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in Turkey purchased these items, and Ireland was the second highest country in

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category, with 28.91% of expenses. Spain, Italy, and Sweden each spent under 19% on them.

Consumers

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in Italy spent 9% of their purchases on clothing/footwear, making it rank

first,

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whereas

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all other

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spent under 7% on these goods.

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in all five

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spent far less on leisure/education. Turkey was ranked first with 4.35% of spending, and Spain was

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on the list with 1.98%. In the middle, there were Sweden, Italy, and Ireland with 3.22%, 3.20%, and 2.21%, respectively.