The tables below give information about sales o f 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.

The tables describe the number of sales of

coffee

and bananas in two different years (1999 and 2004) in five countries (UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, and

Sweden

). The data is measured in millions of euros.

Overall

,

coffee

and bananas experienced a significant income growth within a 5-year period in all nations,

although

, banana sales in Belgium and

Sweden

were declining.

Firstly

, UK

coffee

consumption skyrocketed with a ratio of 1:12 approximately (1.5 compared to 20). Meanwhile, Switzerland doubled its value from 3 to 6.

In addition

, Denmark and

Sweden

had 0.2 points increments in the

coffee

trade (1.8 to 2 and 0.8 to 1 respectively).

On the other hand

, UK banana production had a 300% rise from 15 in 1999 to 47 in 2004.

Moreover

, Switzerland and Denmark had an average of 4 million additional purchases within half a decade.

However

, Belgium and

Sweden

bargained less Fairtrade-labelled bananas resulting in just below 1 million in 2004.