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

of

Fairtrade

-labelled coffee and

bananas

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

It is clear that

compared to 1999, the

sales

of

Fairtrade

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

sales

of

Fairtrade

bananas

also

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

sales

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

Fairtrade

coffee in the UK,

sales

amounted to €1.5

million

in 1999,

then

had a dramatic increase to €20

million

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

sales

not exceeding €6

million

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

Fairtrade

bananas

were in Switzerland in 1999 and 2004, with €15

million

and €47

million

, respectively.

However

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

sales

of

Fairtrade

bananas

, the former from €1.8

million

to €1

million

, and the latter from €2

million

to €0.9

million

during the given period.