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 two tables illustrate the amount of sales of Fairtrade-labelled products, including coffee and bananas in Euros, between 1999 and 2004 in five countries, such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden.

Overall, it can be seen that in 2004, the sales of Fairtrade coffee in the UK had significantly increased in a large amount, compared to Denmark and Sweden, which were slightly a bit more in revenue. Also, the demand for bananas in Switzerland in 2004 had certainly doubled from the sales in 1999.

The first table provides information about the coffee with equal trading labelled. Amongst five countries, the UK received the highest revenue from 1.5 million in 1999 to 20 million in 2004. The following country is Switzerland, which doubled from 3 million to 6 million. The rest were only slightly elevated, such as Denmark, 0.7 million plus from 1999, and both Belgium and Sweden boosted by 0.2 million.

Another one is bananas, which shows that Switzerland had the greatest demand, which increased from 15 million in 1999 to 47 million in 2004. The UK is the second largest, increasing from 1 million to 5.5 million, and Belgium increased from 0.6 million in 1999 to 4 million in 2004. However, Sweden and Denmark decreased to 1 and 0.9, respectively.