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 contain
sales
data for Fair-trade coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004, in
five
nations of Europe. The first table shows the low-level coffee
sales
increasing in all
five
countries, albeit to widely varying degrees. In
two
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the two
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places
sales
increased by the same small amount: 1.8 –2
million
euros
in Denmark, and 0.8—1
million
in Sweden. The increment was slightly larger in Belgium, from 1—1.7
million
euros
. Meanwhile, in
Switzerland
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Switzerland,
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sales
doubled from 3—6
million
euros
.
Finally
, in the UK there was an enormous increase, from 1.5—20
million
euros
. In the second table, it is Switzerland which stands out as buying far more fair-trade bananas than the other four countries. Swiss
sales
figures jumped from 15—47
million
euros
across these
five
years,
while
in the UK and Belgium
sales
only grew from 1—5.5 and from 0.6—4
million
euros
respectively. Sweden and Denmark showed a different pattern, with falls in
bananas
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banana
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sales
from 1.8—1 and 2—0.9
million
euros
. Comparing the two tables,
it is clear that
in 1999 Fair-trade coffee
sales
ranged from 0.8—3
million
euros
in these
five
countries,
while
banana
sales
also
mostly clustered between 0.6 and 2
million
euros
, with Switzerland the outlier at a huge 15
million
euros
. By 2004,
sales
figures for both products had risen across the board, except for Sweden and Denmark which recorded drops in banana
sales
.
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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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