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.Submitted by mickeymouse_man on
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