The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in 5 European countries.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevants.
Coffee sales | 1999 (million of euros) | 2004 (million of euros) |
UK | 1.5 | 20 |
Switzerland | 3 | 6 |
Denmark | 1.8 | 2 |
Belgium | 1 | 1.7 |
Sweden | 0.8 | 1 |
Banana sales | 1999 (million of euros) | 2004 (million of euros) |
Switzerland | 15 | 47 |
UK | 1 | 5.5 |
Belgium | 0.6 | 4 |
Sweden | 1.8 | 1 |
UK | 2 | 0.9 |
The tables illustrates the changes in Fairtrade –labelled coffee and banana revenue of 5 European countries in 1999 and 2004. In general, the sales of coffee rose up in all 5 European countries while the increase of banana revenue just occured in 3 European countries.
The UK had the largest amount increased in coffee sales between 1999 and 2004, which went up sharply by 18.8 million of euros. However, the coffee revenue of Sweden and Denmark increased by the lowest amount among 5 countries, which was only 0.2 million. Switzerland’s coffee sales was doubled to 6 million in 2004. And Belgium’s coffee sales increased slightly from 1 million in 1999 to 1.7 in 2004.
For banana sales, Switzerland had the highest records in both 2 years. In 2004, Switzerland’s banana sales was 47 million, higher nearly 4 times than total banana sales of 4 remaining countries. Belgium had the highest growth rate in banana revenue, almost 7 times between 1999 and 2004. Whereas, banana revenue of Sweden and Denmark reduced approximately half of initial amount which was in 1999. In details, Sweden’s banana sales declined from 1.8 million to 1 million in 2004 and Denmark’s banana sales dropped by 1.1 million, to 0.9 million in 2004.
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