The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
The table illustrates the changes in
sales
of Fairtrade-labelled bananas
and coffee
in 1999 and 2004 in various European countries
, including the UK
, Switzerland
, Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden
.
Overall
, the sales
of coffee
in five countries
showed an increase within five years, and there were the largest sales
in the UK
growing by more than 18 million
EUR. Banana was most popular in Switzerland
compared to other countries
.
As can be seen from the first table, the sales
of coffee
rose in all regions from 1999 to 2004. The UK
had the largest sales
of coffee
increasing from 1.5 million
to 20 million
during this
period, While
there were the lowest sales
in Sweden
rising from 0.8 million
in 1999 to 1 million
in 2004. The second
table shows the sales
of bananas
in the same countries
. Switzerland
had the largest sales
of bananas
from 15 million
to 47 million
increasing a lot within five years. Switzerland
, the UK
, and Sweden
showed an increase in bananas
while
Sweden
and Denmark decreased. The sales
of bananas
in Denmark were the lowest, decreasing from 2 million
in 1999 to 0.9 million
in 2004.Submitted by ambermqy on
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