Band 9: 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.

The two tables show data on the sales of coffee and bananas bearing the Fairtrade label between five European countries in the years 1999 and 2004.

According to the first table, Switzerland traded twice as much coffee in 2004 (3 million euros) as in 1999 (1.5 million euros). In the United Kingdom, the figure rose sharply to 20 million euros, compared with 1.5 million euros in 1999. In the two places, sales increased by the same small amount: 1.8-2 million euros in Denmark, and 0.8-1 million in Sweden. The increment was slightly larger in Belgium, from 1-1.7 million euros.

On the other hand, the second table shows that Switzerland leads the other countries in banana sales. Swiss sales figures jumped from 15-47 million euros over these years, while in the United Kingdom and Belgium, sales only increased from 1-5.5 and 0.6-4 million euros respectively. Sweden and Denmark showed a different pattern, with falls in banana sales of 1.8-1 and 2-0.9 million euros respectively.

To sum up, Switzerland is far ahead of other countries in terms of turnover in both coffee and bananas.