The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled tea and pineapples in 2010 and 2015 in five European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables compare the amount of money spent on

Fairtrade

tea

and

pineapples

in five different European nations in two years 2010 and 2015.

It is clear that

sales

of

Fairtrade

tea

increased in all five European countries,

while

the

sales

figure for

pineapples

only rose in three out of the five nations over the period shown. In 2010, Austria saw by far the highest

sales

of

Fairtrade

tea

and

pineapples

, at €4

million

and €16

million

respectively. In 2015, the amount of money spent on

Fairtrade

tea

in France went up dramatically from €2.5

million

to €21

million

and became the highest figure compared to other countries. Meanwhile, Austria's

sales

figure rose more slowly to €8

million

. In the same year, the expenditure on

Fairtrade

pineapples

saw a significant rise in Austria to €48

million

compared to €6.5

million

in France.

In contrast

,

sales

of the two

Fairtrade

products were lower in Germany, Netherlands, and Norway. In 2015, the money spent on

Fairtrade

tea

grew slightly to €3

million

or below in these countries,

whereas

sales

of

Fairtrade

pineapples

decreased in Norway and Germany.