The table below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in 5 European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in 5 European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table illustrates the fair trade-labeled
coffee
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and bananas sold in two different years, 1999 and 2004, in five European nations: the UK,
Switzerland
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, Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden.
Overall
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, all five countries's revenue had an increase in the period of 5 years.
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,
Switzerland
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's turnover was the highest among 5 nations in the year 2004 It can be seen in the first table,
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that in
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19999, all of the five countries' income from
coffee
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was relatively moderate.
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, the revenue of
coffee
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sales in the UK soared dramatically from 1.5 to 20
million
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in 2004 and became the first rank selling in the Fairtrade-labeled
coffee
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sector.
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figure was
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far higher than the second rank country
Switzerland
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by 14
million
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in the same year. The other nations Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden had a slight increase of 0.2, 0.7, and 0.2, respectively. Turning to the second table, the sale of bananas in
Switzerland
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rose over triple from 15
million
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in 1999 to over 47
million
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in 2004.
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trend, the UK and Belgium went up significantly to 5.5 and 4
million
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, respectively. On the opposite trend, Sweden and Denmark were the only two countries that decreased by nearly half from 1.8 to 1 and 2 to 0.9.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words coffee, switzerland, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • sales figures
  • Fairtrade-labelled
  • substantial rise
  • stable sales
  • modest increase
  • significant increase
  • decline in sales
  • trends
  • comparisons
  • features
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