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The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade"-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarize 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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The tables compare the
sales
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 figures for two
Fairtrade
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 products in the UK,
Switzerland
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and Switzerland
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. Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden in two separate years.
Overall
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,
sales
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 of
Fairtrade
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 coffee increased in all five countries,
while
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 there was mixed success for
similarly
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 labelled bananas, and the leading country in each table had significantly higher
sales
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 than the rest.
Sales
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 of
Fairtrade
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 coffee were relatively modest in 1999, and Switzerland was the largest consumer with €3
million
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 in
sales
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. Despite
this
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 figure doubling in 2004, the UK rose from third place (with €1.5
million
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) to lead the table with €20
million
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 worth of
sales
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 in the same year. A figure that was considerably higher than in any other country.
Although
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 the three remaining countries
also
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 saw increases, these were marginal with gains of between 0.2 and 0.7
million
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 euros. With
Fairtrade
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 bananas, Switzerland was again the leader in 1999 and dominated
this
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 table in both years with
sales
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 increasing from €15
million
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 to a striking €47
million
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.
Although
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 considerably lower, the UK and Belgium saw similar growths in
this
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 category, increasing by just over 5 times their 1999 figures to reach €5.5 and €4
million
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 respectively.
In contrast
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, Sweden and Denmark experienced a drop in
sales
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, with the 2004 figures (€1
million
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 and € 0,9
million
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) almost half of those of 5 years earlier.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "although".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, fairtrade, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "tables" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "considerably" was used 2 times.
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