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

coffee

and

bananas

in 2 different years in the

UK

,

Switzerland

, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.

Overall

, the

sales

of

Fairtrade

coffee

rose in all five countries,

whereas

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

had the highest

sales

of

Fairtrade

coffee

, at 3

million

,

while

revenue from

Fairtrade

bananas

was the highest in

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. By 2004,

sales

of

Fairtrade

coffee

in the

UK

had risen to 20

million

, which is over three times higher than the

sales

of

Switzerland

in that year.

Also

, there were dramatic increases in

sales

of

Fairtrade

bananas

in both

Switzerland

and the

UK.

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UK

with revenues rising by 32

million

and 4.5

million

respectively.

Sales

of

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products were far lower in Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.

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increase in

sales

of

Fairtrade

coffee

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

million

.

Finally

, it is noticeable that

sales

of

Fairtrade

bananas

in Sweden and Denmark actually fell.