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, Linking Words
however
, had the same pattern and experienced a jump in sales of coffee, Linking Words
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 Linking Words
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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 Linking Words
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, respectively, whilst Sweden and Denmark's numbers declined by 0.8 and 1.1 to 1 and 0.9 Use synonyms
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