Band 5+: 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 table chart below illustrates data about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas between 1999 and 2004 in five European countries, represented in millions of euros.

Overall, sales data for both coffee and bananas indicates an increase in almost all the nations. Firstly, when it comes to coffee, Switzerland was the biggest trader in 1999 with 3 million euros received, followed by Denmark. In contrast, Sweden could export their products lowest compared to other merchants. Nevertheless, in 2004, it seemed that the UK had turned into the main manufacturer of coffee and reaped 20 million euros, besides that, the sales were increasing in the five countries mentioned.

Secondly, Switzerland could sell a lot of bananas either in 1999 or 2004, furthermore, a number of wholesale belonged to the country. On the other hand, Belgium could send out the fruit with the lowest sales before 2000 but bananas were exported increasingly the years later, on the other hand, Denmark’s circulation decreased.

Substantially, the tendency of wholesales was growing gradually except for the fruit from Denmark and Sweden.