The tables below give information about sales of Fairtade- labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summsrise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The table provides information concerning the

sales

of fairtrade-labelled in

coffee

and

bananas

over five European

countries

in 1999 compared to 2004 Generally speaking, both

coffee

and banana

sales

in all European

countries

increased during the period.in 1999, the Purchases of

coffee

were quite small in Europe, it is only around 0,8 to 3

million

euros

, the highest

sales

were in Switzerland,and the lowest was in Sweden.

Coffee

consumption in the UK rocketed from 1,5

million

euros

in 1999 to 20

million

euros

in 2004

while

in other

countries

, the

sales

of

coffee

increased steadily.

On the other hand

, the

bananas

sales

in European

countries

were dominated in Switzerland with 15

million

euros

, which rocketed to 47

million

euros

at the end

of the period. The growing

sales

of

bananas

also

could be seen in the UK and Belgium, even in small numbers. From 1

million

euros

and 0,6

million

euros

to 5,5

million

euros

and 4

million

euros

, respectively. Unlike in the three

countries

before, the production of

bananas

in Sweden and Denmark decreased slightly during the parted.