The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.

The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
The given tables provide the
sales
of
coffee
and
bananas
which had Fairtrade labels in five different countries in Europe within 5
years
or between 1999 and 2004. The Fairtrade of
coffee
and
bananas
indicate that the farmers who produced these products are from developing state and have been paid a reasonable price for their production and the wholesale price are given in millions of
Euros
.
Overall
,
it is clear that
the majority of the nations experienced
an
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increased
sales
in five
years
of those products and the biggest rise in
sales
were
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was
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in the UK and Switzerland respectively. In 2004, the UK was the largest market for Fairtrade-labelled
coffee
while
Sweden
was the country with the lowest
sales
of
this
product. There was a significant increase in
the
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Fairtrade-labelled
coffee
sales
in the UK in 2004 than that of 5
years
ago from 1.5 to 20
million
Euros
.
However
,
Sweden
was the nation with the lowest trade of
coffee
within 5
years
than the trade in the other four nations. As for the sale of
bananas
, the market of the Fairtrade-labelled of
this
product showed a dramatic increase within 5
years
between 1999 and 2004. Meanwhile, Switzerland was the largest market for Fairtrade-labelled
bananas
sales
and it reached 47
million
Euros
in 2004 which was higher than the
sales
in the other four countries. The number of
sales
of
bananas
decreased in
Sweden
and Denmark in 2004 than that of 1999.
Sales
of
bananas
in Belgium and
Sweden
declined by about a half from around 2
million
to around 1
million
Euros
.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, coffee, bananas, years, euros, sweden, million with synonyms.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fairtrade sales
  • significant growth
  • trends and patterns
  • market expansion
  • sustainable consumption
  • ethical products
  • consumer awareness
  • economic impact
  • percentage increase
  • market share
  • profit margins
  • trade initiatives
  • consumer behavior
  • retail figures
  • economic indicators
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