The presented tables provide the comparison of five European countries’ revenue gained from fair-trade commodities (coffee and bananas) in the years 1999 and 2004.
The overall sale of products of farmers from developing countries whose had agreement with five European countries (UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden) to sell their harvest at decided prices, was generally increased during the five year span. In 1999, Denmark gained the highest profit, while the least beneficiary was Sweden. Whereas, in 2004, UK was superior in terms of earning, however, Sweden was still far inferior. Additionally, the units were measured using the euro currency.
As it is shown in the data, from 1999 to 2004 the UK’s revenue had soared from 1.5 million Euros to 20 million euros, sealing the country’s position as the highest receiver of returns from Fair-trade-labelled coffee and bananas. Contrastingly, Sweden and Denmark have not seen a major increase in terms of gain, with only 0,2 million Euros extra in both countries after five years. The Swedish government had received 0.8 million Euros in 1999, and 1 million Euros in 2004. Similarly, Denmark did not have better numbers, with 1.8 million Euros in 1999 to 2 million Euros in 2004.
Aside from the 3 countries drastic disparity, Switzerland was the second country who had earned a considerably fair amount from selling Fair-trade-labelled goods in 1999 and 2004, with 3 million Euros and 6 million Euros respectively. Moreover, Belgium had also noticeably increased their sales from 1 million Euros in 1999, to 1.7 million Euros in 2004, leaving the country as the third highest-grossing.