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. *Fairtrade: a category of products for which farmers from developing countries have been paid an officially agreed fair price.

The tables compare the

sales

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of Fairtrade-labelled

coffee

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and

bananas

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in the UK,

Switzerland

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, Denmark,

Belgium

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and

Sweden

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in two different years. It can be clearly seen that an upward trend is observed for

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in all countries, except

Belgium

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and

Sweden

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whose

sales

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of

bananas

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slightly.

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the tables, people in

Switzerland

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consumed

coffee

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the most, 3

million

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euros

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, in 1999

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the

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of

bananas

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was

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highest in

Switzerland

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at 15

million

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euros

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in the same year. After 5 years, the figure for

coffee

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sales

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in the UK rose dramatically from 1.5

million

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euros

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in 1999 to 20

million

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euros

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which was more than

Switzerland

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’s by threefold. In 2004, the

sales

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of

bananas

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in

Switzerland

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and in the UK grew significantly by 32

million

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euros

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and 4.5

million

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euros

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respectively.

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, the

sales

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of

coffee

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were lower in Denmark,

Belgium

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, and

Sweden

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. These countries demonstrated a slight increase to 2, 1.7 and 1

million

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euros

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in 2004 respectively.

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was followed by a surge which took place in the

sales

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of

bananas

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in

Belgium

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between 1999 and 2004.

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, the figures accounted for a gentle decrease in the

sales

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of

Bananas

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in

Sweden

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and Denmark to 1 and 0.9

million

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euros

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in 2004 respectively.