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.

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for Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in two periods 1999 and 2004 in five distinct European nations.

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, the

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of coffee in 2004 were the highest in the UK.

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, in Switzerland, banana

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were dominating above other countries.

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with, In the UK, the

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of coffee were 1.5

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euros

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.

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number skyrocketed to 20

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euros

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. Switzerland's

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doubled from 3

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to 6

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euros

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. Denmark and Sweden have undergone a noticeable increase by one-fifth

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and became 2

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and 1

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respectively.

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, Belgium increased slightly from 1 in 1999 to 1.7 in 2004.

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to

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, Switzerland's

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of bananas increased sharply from 15 to 47

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. There was a growth in banana

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by five times in the UK from 1

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to 5.5

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euros

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.

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, banana

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in Belgium demonstrated a substantial jump to 4

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. Ultimately, Sweden and Denmark's

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are approximately halved and become the same.