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Sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas (1999 & 2004)

#sales #coffee #bananas
The given bar chart illustrates the amount of money spent on
FairTrade
coffee
 and
bananas
 from 1999 to 2004 in five different nations namely
UK
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, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. Overall, it is noticeable that
sales
 of
FairTrade
coffee
 in all
countries
 saw an upward trend over the period shown, but
sales
 of
FairTrade
bananas
 only rose in three out of the five
countries
.
Moreover
, the
UK
 was the only country to have the highest revenues in
coffee
 and
bananas
 in the
year
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years
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 1999 and 2004. In 1999, Switzerland had the highest receipts in the selling of
Fairtrade
coffee
, while
sales
 of
FairTrade
bananas
 in the
UK
was
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were
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highest
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the highest
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, at 15
millions
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million
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of
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euros
. By 2003,
however
,
sales
 of
Fairtrade
coffee
 in the
UK
 had risen to 20
millions
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million
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of
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euros
 and
had
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had the highest levels of spending on
coffee
 compared to other
countries
. When it comes to
bananas
, the year 2004 witnessed a dramatic increase in the
UK
 and Switzerland, with revenues rising by 32
millions
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million
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of
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euros
 and 4.5
millions
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million
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of
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euros
 respectively.
However
,
Fairtrade
 products in Denmark, Belgium and Sweden were lower.
Slight
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A slight
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 climb in
coffee
 was seen, but
receipt
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the receipt
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 remained at 2
millions
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million
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of
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euros
 or below in all three
countries
 in both years. In terms of
Fairtrade
bananas
, it is clear that there was a minimal decline in the money spent in Belgium and Sweden.
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