The chart below shows the amount spent on six consumer goods in four European

The bar chart illustrates the comparison of the expenditure on six consumer items across four European countries, namely Germany, Italy, France and Britain, measured in

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pounds

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sterling.

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, it is evident that Britain recorded the largest average spending,

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Germany witnessed the smallest average expenditure, especially in terms of photographic film. Looking first at CDs, toys and photographic film, we can observe that the most striking contrast can be seen in photographic film, standing at approximately 170

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pounds

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and roughly 150

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pounds

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,respectively.

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, the figures for toys in Italy and France were practically identical, both standing at around 160

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. Moving onto personal stereos, tennis racquets and perfumes,the expenditure on all the products showed a very similar pattern across all countries. Germany was consistently higher than France in these three goods, especially in terms of tennis racquets at approximately 150

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pounds

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and about 145

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pounds

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.

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, Britain consistently dominated the chart across these three items,

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accounting

at roughly average 155

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pounds

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, followed by Italy,

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accounting

at about average 150

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pounds

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.