The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables show how fair trade coffee and banana

sales

changed in five different European countries in 1999 compared to 2004.

Overall

, coffee

sales

rose in all countries, with the

UK

experiencing the most significant change. Banana

sales

also

increased in all but two countries and were the highest in the

UK

. In 1999, the most significant coffee

sales

at 3

million

euros

were reported in Switzerland and doubled in 2004. The figure for the

UK

was

initially

half of that of Switzerland at 1. 5

million

euros

while

sales

in Denmark were slightly higher at 1. 8

million

euros

.

However

,

while

the former dramatically rose to 20

million

, the latter had a slight increase to 2

million

euros

. There was little difference between the figure for Belgium and that of Sweden at 1 and 0. 8 respectively.

Nevertheless

, the former experienced noticeable increases to 1. 7

million

,

while

the recent had a mere increase to 1

million

in 2004. Regarding the

sales

of bananas, the

UK

figure was the highest in both years of surveys, as it dramatically rose from 15

million

in 1999 to over threefold in 2004. The

sales

of Sweden were originally twice that of Switzerland in 1999 at 2

million

and 1

million

respectively.

However

,

while

the former experienced a slight decline to below half at 0. 9

million

, the latter had a surge to over fivefold at 5. 5

million

in 2004.

Likewise

, the

sales

of Belgium were threefold that of Denmark.

However

, whilst the former encountered a slight drop to half, the latter had a sudden increase to over sixfold at 4

million

in 2004.