'D' & 'E' are awkward and wordy.
'C' has a verb-tense prob.

In 'A', sub-verb agreement is better than that of 'B'.


Amit

(A) From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually. < - correct
(B) Five to ten percent is the annual increase in sales of new small boats in the years 1982 to 1987. <- it should be from 1982 to 1987
(C) Sales of new small boats have increased annually five and ten percent in the years 1982 to 1987. <- It states data only for 1982 and 87
(D) Annually an increase of five to ten percent has occurred between 1982 and 1987 in the sales of new small boats. < - wordy
(E) Occurring from 1982 to 1987 was an annual increase of five and ten percent in the sales of new small boats. <- wordy

A should be the amswer