The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
Overall
, it can be seen that there was an increase in the consumption
of Fairtrade-labelled coffee
and bananas
from 1999 to 2004 in most of the five European countries mentioned. Switzerland and the UK had the most significant changes, while
Sweden had the smallest variation.
In the UK, the sales
of Fairtrade-labelled coffee
increased from 1.5 million
euros
in 1999 to 20 million
euros
in 2004. On the other hand
, the sales
of bananas
in the country increased five-fold from 1 million
euros
to 5.5 million
euros
during the same period. In Sweden and Denmark, the consumption
of coffee
remained almost constant, while
the consumption
of bananas
decreased by half.
Belgium experienced a significant change in banana consumption
, with sales
increasing from 0.6 million
euros
in 1999 to 4 million
euros
in 2004. In Switzerland, the sales
of bananas
increased from 15 million
euros
in 1999 to 47 million
euros
in 2004, while
the consumption
of coffee
doubled from 3 million
euros
to 6 million
euros
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