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

Fairtrade

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coffee

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and

bananas

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in 2 different years in the

UK

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,

Switzerland

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, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.

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, the

sales

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of

Fairtrade

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coffee

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rose in all five countries,

whereas

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only three out of five countries saw an increase. In fact,

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saw by far the highest levels of spending on both products. In 1999,

Switzerland

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had the highest

sales

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of

Fairtrade

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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 the highest in

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UK

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. By 2004,

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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, which is over three times higher than the

sales

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of

Switzerland

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in that year.

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, there were dramatic increases in

sales

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of

Fairtrade

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bananas

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in both

Switzerland

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and the

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UK.

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UK

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

two

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products were far lower in Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.

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increase in

sales

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of

Fairtrade

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coffee

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can be seen in all three countries, but their revenues were lower or equal to 2

million

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.

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, it is noticeable that

sales

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of

Fairtrade

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bananas

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in Sweden and Denmark actually fell.