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 five
countries in Europe.
Overall
, sales of those goods mostly increased after five
years
, except for the figures for bananas in Sweden and Denmark. The UK
earned more money from both coffee and bananas than any other country in 2004.
Looking at coffee’s turnover, Switzerland earned 3 million
euros
from selling this
commodity in 1999, followed by around 1.5 and 1.8 million
euros
in the UK
and Denmark respectively. The lowest figure was recorded in Sweden at that time, with 0.8 million
euros
. After five
years
, the UK
became the biggest earner from purchasing coffee, with its figure reaching 20 million
euros
. The other data climbed by about 0.2 to 3 million
euros
only.
Regarding bananas’ sales, the UK
always ranked top, recording 15 million
euros
in 1999 which rose threefold after five
years
. Switzerland and Belgium also
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 million
euro over the period.Submitted by oanhhkpsy on
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