The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The tables compare the amounts of money gained from selling Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 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
product in 1999, followed by around 1.5 and 1.8
million
euros
in the
UK
and Denmark respectively. The lowest amount was recorded in Sweden at that time, with 0.8
million
euros
. After
five
years, the
UK
became the biggest market, with its
sale
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sales
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reaching 20
million
euros
. The other data grew
up
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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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fairtrade-labelled
  • sales figures
  • percentage increase/decrease
  • European countries
  • sales volume
  • notable trend
  • exponential growth
  • moderate rise
  • marked decline
  • comparative analysis
  • economic factors
  • consumer preferences
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