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 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 illustrate the amount of money from Fairtrade sales including labelled coffee and
bananas
between the
years
1999 and 2004 in five countries in Europe.
Overall
,
it is clear that
money from both coffee and
bananas
after five
years
is increasing and both products are a primary Fairtrade of the UK and
Switzerland
.
Firstly
, In 1999,
Denmark
earned money from selling labelled coffee higher than other countries in Europe, at 1.8,
while
Great Britain was about 1.5. Five
years
later, the UK overcame
Denmark
and became first
place
with 20 and
Switzerland
registered at 6,
whereas
,
Denmark
dropped to third
place
, at 2. Despite other countries, Sweden stayed
last
in both
years
with 0.8 in 1999 and 1 in 2004.
Secondly
, income from
Switzerland
was mostly from
bananas
, represented 15, and surpassed
Denmark
, the second
place
, by 13.
Additionally
, in 2004,
Switzerland
still remained in its position and earned cash from
this
type of product at 47 which was the highest compared to the others. Followed by the United Kingdom with 5.5 and Belgium with 4; in the meantime,
Denmark
's earnings from
bananas
slumped by 1.1 and came in final
place
.
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