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

The table compares the

sales

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of

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-labelled coffee and

bananas

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in the years 1999 and 2004 in five different nations, namely the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden.

It is clear that

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compared to 1999, the

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of

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coffee saw a significant rise in the UK in 2004. In the same year,

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of

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bananas

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also

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increased by more than three times in Switzerland. Throughout the period shown, most countries grew their

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of both products apart from Belgium and Sweden. Looking at the detailed information for

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coffee in the UK,

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amounted to €1.5

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in 1999,

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had a dramatic increase to €20

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in 2004. In other countries, there was slight growth, with

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not exceeding €6

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between 1999 and 2004. It can be seen that the highest revenues of

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bananas

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were in Switzerland in 1999 and 2004, with €15

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and €47

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, respectively.

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, out of the five countries, only Sweden and Denmark saw declines in

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of

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bananas

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, the former from €1.8

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to €1

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, and the latter from €2

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to €0.9

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during the given period.