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

The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
The tables provided highlight the amount of money which was made by selling fairtrade coffee and bananas in five different European nations between 1999 and 2004.
Overall
, as can be vividly seen from the charts, three countries, namely the UK, Switzerland, and Belgium, witnessed growth in revenue in both categories. Denmark and Sweden,
however
, had the same pattern and experienced a jump in sales of coffee,
while
the income of bananas dropped considerably. As illustrated by the tables, in terms of coffee, experiencing an approximately 13-fold increase, the UK made more money than other countries in 2004, at 20
million
euros. The numbers for other countries climbed by between 0.2 and 3
million
euros.
By contrast
, regarding bananas, the figures for Switzerland, the UK, and Belgium, grew drastically from 15 to 47, 1 to 5.5, and 0.6 to 4
million
, respectively, whilst Sweden and Denmark's numbers declined by 0.8 and 1.1 to 1 and 0.9
million
euros, respectively.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fairtrade sales
  • significant growth
  • trends and patterns
  • market expansion
  • sustainable consumption
  • ethical products
  • consumer awareness
  • economic impact
  • percentage increase
  • market share
  • profit margins
  • trade initiatives
  • consumer behavior
  • retail figures
  • economic indicators
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