The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries
The tables above illustrate the number of
sales
of Fairtrade-categorized coffee and banana in five countries in Europe in the years 1999 and 2004. The numbers are described in millions of Use synonyms
euros
.
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Overall
, all countries in 2004 had a much greater amount of coffee and banana Linking Words
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compared to Use synonyms
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in 1999, except for Denmark and Sweden which recorded drops in banana Use synonyms
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.
In terms of coffee Use synonyms
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, The British spent 1.5 Use synonyms
million
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in 1999, Use synonyms
however
, Linking Words
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number jumped to 20 Linking Words
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in 2004 making The UK by far the highest among the five nations. Meanwhile, The Swiss spent the greatest amount in 1999 which doubled from 3 to 6 Use synonyms
million
across the five years. Figures for Denmark, Belgium and Sweden were low as opposed to The UK and Switzerland. Denmark and Sweden showed a slight increase in 2004, moving from 1.8 to 2 and .8 to 1 Use synonyms
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respectively. Use synonyms
Finally
, Belgium had a little increase from 1 to 1.7 Linking Words
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.
Regarding buying Fairtrade bananas, Switzerland occupied Use synonyms
the
first place in both 1999 and 2004, rising from 15 to 47 Correct article usage
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million
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euros
, Use synonyms
while
UK and Belgium only went up by a little portion, growing from 1 to 5.5 and .6 to 4 Linking Words
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euros
in the same order. Use synonyms
On the other hand
, Dutch and Linking Words
Swedishshowed
a different pattern, where the figures decreased during the five-year period.Correct your spelling
Swedish showed
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