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

The tables show the amount of money spent on

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coffee

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and

bananas

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in two separate years in the

UK

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, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.

It is clear that

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sales

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of

Fairtrade

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coffee

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rose in all five European countries from 1999 to 2004, but

sales

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of

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bananas

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only went up in three out of the five countries.

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, the

UK

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saw by far the highest levels of spending on the two products. In 1999, Switzerland had the highest

sales

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of

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coffee

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, at €3

million

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,

while

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revenue from

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bananas

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was highest in the

UK

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, at €15

million

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. By 2004,

however

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,

sales

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of

Fairtrade

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coffee

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in the

UK

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had risen to €20

million

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, and

this

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was over three times higher than Switzerland’s

sales

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figure for

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coffee

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in that year. The year 2004

also

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saw dramatic increases in the money spent on

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bananas

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in the

UK

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and Switzerland, with revenues rising by €32

million

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and €4.5

million

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respectively.

Sales

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of the two

Fairtrade

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products were far lower in Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. Small increases in

sales

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of

Fairtrade

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coffee

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can be seen, but revenue remained at €2

million

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or below in all three countries in both years.

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, it is noticeable that the money spent on

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bananas

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actually fell in Belgium and Sweden.