The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
The tables compare the amounts of money gained from selling coffee and bananas in two
years
, 1999 and 2004 in Use synonyms
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countries in Europe.
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Overall
, sales of those goods mostly increased after Linking Words
five
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, except for the figures for bananas in Sweden and Denmark. The Use synonyms
UK
earned more money from both coffee and bananas than any other country in 2004.
Looking at coffee’s turnover, Switzerland earned 3 Use synonyms
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commodity in 1999, followed by around 1.5 and 1.8 Linking Words
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UK
and Denmark respectively. The lowest figure was recorded in Sweden at that time, with 0.8 Use synonyms
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. After Use synonyms
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euros
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Regarding bananas’ sales, the Use synonyms
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. Switzerland and Belgium Use synonyms
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experienced growth in their sales, to 5.5 and 4 respectively, but the opposite was true for Sweden and Denmark whose figures decreased by about 1 Linking Words
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