The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade"-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables compare the

sales

figures for two

Fairtrade

products in the UK,

Switzerland

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and Switzerland

show examples

. Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden in two separate years.

Overall

,

sales

of

Fairtrade

coffee increased in all five countries,

while

there was mixed success for

similarly

labelled bananas, and the leading country in each table had significantly higher

sales

than the rest.

Sales

of

Fairtrade

coffee were relatively modest in 1999, and Switzerland was the largest consumer with €3

million

in

sales

. Despite

this

figure doubling in 2004, the UK rose from third place (with €1.5

million

) to lead the table with €20

million

worth of

sales

in the same year. A figure that was considerably higher than in any other country.

Although

the three remaining countries

also

saw increases, these were marginal with gains of between 0.2 and 0.7

million

euros. With

Fairtrade

bananas, Switzerland was again the leader in 1999 and dominated

this

table in both years with

sales

increasing from €15

million

to a striking €47

million

.

Although

considerably lower, the UK and Belgium saw similar growths in

this

category, increasing by just over 5 times their 1999 figures to reach €5.5 and €4

million

respectively.

In contrast

, Sweden and Denmark experienced a drop in

sales

, with the 2004 figures (€1

million

and € 0,9

million

) almost half of those of 5 years earlier.