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