The tables below give information about the sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries
The tables showed the comparison of Fairtrade-labelled
coffee
and banana
sales
in various countries between 1999 and 2004. Overall
, banana
sales
in different countries increased from 1999 to 2004, whereas
the sales
of Fairtrade-labelled bananas experienced a decline during the same period.
The highest increase in coffee
sales
was UK, which increased from 1.5 to 20 million
of
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euros
during the period 1999 to 2004. By contrast
, Denmark and Sweden experienced a slighlt
increase of 2 Correct your spelling
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slightly
million
euros
in coffee
sales
in 2004, starting from 1.8 million
and 0.8 million
euros
respectively in 1999. Additionally
, Switzerland's coffee
sales
doubled from 3 million
euros
in 1999 to 6 million
euros
in 2004, while
Belgium's figures rose from 1 million
euros
in 1999 to 1.7 million
euros
in 2004.
The most significant increase in banana
sales
was in Switzerland, which climbed from 15 million
euros
in 1999 to 47 million
euros
in 2004. The UK also
saw a dramatic rise, from 1 million
to 5.5 million
euros
. Belgium's banana
sales
went up from 0.6 million
to 4 million
euros
. In contrast
, Sweden experienced a small decrease, dropping from 1.8 million
to 1 million
euros
. Denmark's sales
also
fell from 2 million
to 0.9 million
euros
during the same period.Submitted by ann
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