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

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 amount of money invested in purchasing coffee and bananas in different European nations, namely the UK,
Switzerland
,
Denmark
, Belgium and
Sweden
in 1999 and 2004.
Overall
, these products had the most popularity in
Switzerland
in all periods except for in 2004.
Moreover
, all the investigations had an upward trend, despite buying bananas in
Sweden
and
Denmark
.
According to
the first table,
Switzerland
stood in first place in 1999, recording 3
million
euros, following which witnessed a double rise and ranked as the second country in 2004.
By contrast
, the amount of coffee the UK sold was 1.5
million
in 1999,
while
that increased significantly to reach 20
million
and overtaken
Switzerland
in 2004. In 1999,
Denmark
, Belgium, and
Sweden
accounted for 1.8, 1, and 0.8
million
and saw a rise of 0.2, 0.7, and 0.2
million
, respectively. Regarding the figures for sailing bananas,
Switzerland
stood as the first nation interested in
this
fruit at 15
million
in 1999, dramatically
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and reaching 47
million
5 years later. After that, the UK and Belgium
although
had the lowest share in 1999, recorded second and third place at 5.5 and 4
million
in 2004, in order.
Denmark
and
Sweden
saw a decline and stood
at the end
of the list in 2004.
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  • Fairtrade sales
  • significant growth
  • trends and patterns
  • market expansion
  • sustainable consumption
  • ethical products
  • consumer awareness
  • economic impact
  • percentage increase
  • market share
  • profit margins
  • trade initiatives
  • consumer behavior
  • retail figures
  • economic indicators
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