Band 7+: 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. You should write at least 150 words.

The provided tables illustrate the sales figures for Fairtrade-certified coffee and bananas in five European countries ( the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden) during 1999 and 2004. The figures are presented in millions of euros.

Overall, the sales of both coffee and bananas increased in most of the countries over the five-year period. Notably, the UK experienced a significant rise in coffee sales, while Switzerland led in banana sales.

In 1999, Switzerland had the highest coffee sales at 3 millions of euros, followed by Denmark at 1.8 million euros. The UK, Belgium, and Sweden had lower sales at 1.5 million, 1million, and o.8 million euros, respectively. By 2004, the UK saw a drastically increas in sales with 20 million euros, the highest among the five countries. Additionally, Swizerland’s sales doubled to 6 million euros, while Belgium and Sweden had minor changes throughout the time.

For bananas, Swezerland dominated in both years with 15 million euros in 1999 and 47 million euros in 2004. However, banana’s sales in the UK almost five time rose in five years. In contrast, Sweden and Denmark experienced a decline in banana sales. Sweden’s sales dropped slightly at 1 million euros from 1.8 million euros. Whereas, Denmark saw notable decreased from 2 million euros to 0.9 million euros.