The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
The tables present the agreed-upon fair
sales
prices for two products, Use synonyms
coffee
and bananas, between 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
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Overall
, Linking Words
Switzerland
had the highest Use synonyms
sales
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figures
for both bananas and Use synonyms
coffee
in 1999. By 2004, an exponential rise in banana Use synonyms
sales
was observed in Use synonyms
Switzerland
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while
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coffee
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sales
saw a significant Use synonyms
increase
in the Use synonyms
UK
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Sweden
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Belgium
, and Use synonyms
Denmark
had relatively low prices for both products.
In 1999, Use synonyms
Switzerland
received the highest pay for Use synonyms
coffee
, at 3 Use synonyms
million
, and experienced a 100% Use synonyms
increase
after a 5-year period. The Use synonyms
UK
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initially
had the third-highest Linking Words
coffee
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sales
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figures
(1.5 Use synonyms
million
), but by 2004, the figure surged to 20 Use synonyms
million
. Use synonyms
Denmark
was the second highest in 1999, with 1.8 Use synonyms
million
, but only grew slightly to 2 Use synonyms
million
. Use synonyms
Belgium
and Use synonyms
Sweden
had similar Use synonyms
sales
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figures
, ranging from 1 to 1.7 Use synonyms
million
and 0.8 to 1 Use synonyms
million
, respectively, with the latter having the lowest figure.
Turning to bananas, Use synonyms
Switzerland
saw a considerable Use synonyms
increase
in fair trade Use synonyms
sales
, rising from 15 Use synonyms
million
to 47 Use synonyms
million
within a 4-year period. In 1999 and 2004, Use synonyms
Denmark
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Sweden
, the Use synonyms
UK
, and Use synonyms
Belgium
had Use synonyms
sales
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figures
ranging from approximately 0.6 Use synonyms
million
to 2 Use synonyms
million
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However
, there was a significant Linking Words
increase
in 2004 in the Use synonyms
UK
(5.5 Use synonyms
million
), Use synonyms
Belgium
(4 Use synonyms
million
), and Use synonyms
Sweden
(1 Use synonyms
million
), Use synonyms
while
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Denmark
experienced a drop in Use synonyms
sales
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figures
to 0.9 Use synonyms
million
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