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

.