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I was looking for the same information. The article has a link to pdf with a more deep discussion of this case, and the explanation and the values of the weight of each product. http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/richardsonm/SignalProcPCA.pdf

From the figure 4, after rescaling and rounding the coefficients

The pc1 that separate N Ireland is approximately:

  PC1 = FreshPotatoes + SoftDrinks/2 - FreshFruits/2 - AlcoholicDrinks/2
The pc2 that separate the other three countries is approximately:

  PC2 = FreshPotatoes - SoftDrinks


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