The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The tables show how Fairtrade coffee and banana

sales

changed in five countries in 2004 compared to 1999.

Overall

, Coffee

sales

rose in all countries with the highest

sales

observed in Switzerland. Banana

sales

also

rose in all but two countries and were highest in the UK. In 1999, the most significant coffee

sales

, 3 million (3m) euros were reported in Switzerland, and they doubled in 2004. The figure for the UK was originally 50% lower than that for Switzerland (1.5m)

while

sales

in Denmark were slightly higher (1.8m).

However

,

while

the former rose dramatically to 20m, the latter remained relatively stable. There was little difference between the figures for Belgium (1m) and Sweden (0.8m), and

both

experienced noticeable increases to 1.7m and 1m, respectively. The UK had the highest banana

sales

in

both

years, as they rose over threefold from 15 million euros to 47m. Swiss

sales

were originally almost twice as high as those of Denmark (1 and 0.6m, respectively), and

both

surged, reaching 5.5 and 4m. There was little difference between the figures for Sweden and Belgium (2 and 1.8m, respectively), and

both

nearly halved to reach about 1m in 2004.