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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 two tables compare the
sales
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 of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in five European countries (the
UK
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,
Switzerland
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,
Denmark
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, Belgium, and Sweden) in 1999 and 2004. Units are measured in millions of
euros
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.
Overall
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, the
UK
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 saw the most dramatic rise in coffee
sales
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,
while
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Switzerland
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 consistently remained the leading country in banana
sales
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.
Although
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sales
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 of both products increased over the five-year period in most countries, the scale of change varied significantly. In terms of coffee, the
UK
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 had a modest sale of 1.5
million
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euros
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 in 1999, which skyrocketed to 20
million
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euros
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 by 2004 — the largest increase among the countries.
Switzerland
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 followed, rising from 3 to 6
million
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euros
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.
Denmark
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, Belgium, and Sweden had more modest increases, with
Denmark
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 going from 1.8 to 2
million
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, Belgium from 1 to 1.7
million
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, and Sweden from 0.8 to 1
million
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euros
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. As for bananas,
Switzerland
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 was the top consumer, with
sales
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 rising from 15
million
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euros
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 in 1999 to 47
million
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 in 2004. The
UK
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also
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 saw a significant rise from 1 to 5.5
million
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euros
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. Belgium’s banana
sales
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 increased notably as well, from 0.6 to 4
million
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.
In contrast
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, Sweden’s
sales
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 remained unchanged at 1
million
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, and
Denmark
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 saw a decline from 2 to 0.9
million
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euros
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.

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Vocabulary: Rephrase your introduction. Words match: 73%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, uk, switzerland, denmark, euros, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "modest" was used 2 times.
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