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

Overall

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, it can be seen that there was an increase in the

consumption

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of Fairtrade-labelled

coffee

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and

bananas

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from 1999 to 2004 in most of the five European countries mentioned. Switzerland and the UK had the most significant changes,

while

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Sweden had the smallest variation. In the UK, the

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of Fairtrade-labelled

coffee

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increased from 1.5

million

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euros

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in 1999 to 20

million

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euros

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in 2004.

On the other hand

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, the

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of

bananas

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in the country increased five-fold from 1

million

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euros

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to 5.5

million

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euros

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during the same period. In Sweden and Denmark, the

consumption

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of

coffee

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remained almost constant,

while

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the

consumption

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of

bananas

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decreased by half. Belgium experienced a significant change in banana

consumption

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, with

sales

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increasing from 0.6

million

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euros

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in 1999 to 4

million

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euros

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in 2004. In Switzerland, the

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of

bananas

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increased from 15

million

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euros

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in 1999 to 47

million

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euros

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in 2004,

while

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the

consumption

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of

coffee

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doubled from 3

million

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euros

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to 6

million

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euros

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.