Sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas (1999 & 2004)

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The given tables provide information concerning two products which are labelled as fairtrade in five various countries over a five-year period starting in 1999.
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, it is readily apparent that the UK has the highest revenue from selling coffee and bananas,
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the rest of the countries profited a bit. In terms of the first table, in the first
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the UK earned 1.5mln, even though
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number surged to 20mln by 2004.
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, Switzerland began with 3mln in 1999
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and doubled that ratio in 2004. Moving to the other countries, the income rose steadily. Regarding the second table, the UK
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was the best banana seller by far in both years with 15 and 47mln.
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, Switzerland and Denmark made a benefit of 4.5 and 3.4mln respectively throughout the whole time frame.
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, Belgium and Sweden underwent a moderate fall of 0.8 and 1.1mln adequately during the five-year period.
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