The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.

The given data illustrates the

amount

spent on Fairtrade-labelled

coffee

and

bananas

in the years 1999 and 2004 in five different nations in Europe. A quick glance at these tables reveals that there was a rise in the

sales

volume of

coffee

in each country,

whereas

there were only three out of five countries that saw an increase in the

sales

amount

of

bananas

.

Overall

, the UK had the highest spending

amount

on both two products. Looking at the details about

sales

of

coffee

, Switzerland's figure was highest in 1999, at 3

million

Euros,

then

doubled in 2004.

However

, from 1.5

million

in 1999,

sales

in the UK saw a skyrocket in 2004, to 20

million

,

thus

, ranking first in terms of

coffee

sales

. In terms of the figure for banana

sales

, the UK managed to maintain its position as the country with the highest spending

amount

on

bananas

, at 15

million

in 1999 and 47

million

in 2004.

While

Switzerland and Denmark both had a fair increase, from 1

million

to 5.5

million

, and from 0.6

million

to 4

million

respectively, there was a slight decline in the

sales

performance of

bananas

in Belgium and Sweden.