Band 8+: The chart below shows the amount spent on six consumer goods in four European countries. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar chart compares consumer spending on six different products in Germany, Italy, France and Britain.

It is clear that British people spent the most money on all six of the items. When comparing the six consumer goods, we can see that the highest expenditure figures were for photographic film.

British and French people spent around £170,000 and £165,000 respectively on photographic film, while Italians and Germans spent roughly £155,000 and £145,000 on this item. The British also spent just under £170,000 on toys and approximately £160,000 on both CDs and perfumes. The figures for spending on toys in France and Italy were the same, at about £158,000, and French people also paid out approximately this amount for CDs.

The amount of money spent by French people on tennis racquets, around £145,000, is the lowest figure shown on the chart. In fact, France saw the lowest levels of expenditure on three of the six items, namely perfumes, tennis racquets and personal stereos, at roughly £145,000 each. Germans and Italians spent closer to £150,000 on the same three items, while the British spent marginally more than this on tennis racquets and personal stereos.