Band 6+: The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled tea and pineapples in 2010 and 2015 in five European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides insights about the sales of tea and pineapples labelled Fairtrade in different countries. It shows the changes from 2010 to 2015.

The sales for tea do not significantly change as the years went by. However, there is a general increase in all countries. Germany, Netherlands and Norway’s sales only differ by less than one million euros, the highest being 0.7. Austria’s sales are slightly higher by 2 million euros but still is not a prominent change. In contrast, the sales in France experienced a sharp raise; it went up by 18.5.

There is no consistent trend for the pieapple sales. France and the Netherlands only changed by a little bit over 4 million. While, Austria’s sales differed; they were raised by 36 million. Norway and Germany experienced a decline in their pieapple sales. Although, the decrease is only by a mere 0.8 in Norway and 1.1 for Germany.