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

The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
The two tables illustrate the
consumption
of Fairtrade-labelled
coffee
and bananas between 1999 and 2005 in the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. The first table shows the sales of
coffee
experienced an upward trend over a period of 5 years, even though only the UK had a considerable increase from 1.5
million
euros to 20
million
euros.
In contrast
, the other four countries'
consumption
of
coffee
only slightly rose, Switzerland stayed in the top position with a 3
million
increase, which was twice as much as sales in 1999 . Meanwhile, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden grew only 0.2, 0.7 and 0.2
million
, respectively. In the second table , the rise of banana sales in Switzerland was noticeable from 15 to 47 topped the list in these 5 years.
Similarly
, the UK and Belgium had
also
significantly grown from 1 to 5.5
million
and 0.6 to 4
million
, increasing by more than five and six times, respectively.
However
, there were 0.8 and 1.1
million
drops in the
consumption
of Sweden and Denmark, respectively.
Overall
, the amount of bananas
consumption
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consumed
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was more than
coffee
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fairtrade sales
  • significant growth
  • trends and patterns
  • market expansion
  • sustainable consumption
  • ethical products
  • consumer awareness
  • economic impact
  • percentage increase
  • market share
  • profit margins
  • trade initiatives
  • consumer behavior
  • retail figures
  • economic indicators
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