IELTS writing: Comparison of the Sales of Coffee and Banana In Five Countries The two tables compares five countries with respect to their revenues from selling Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in two separate years. Overall, sales of coffee all increased in those five countries, and Switzerland outperformed other countries in banana sales in both of these two years. In 1999, the top seller Switzerland sold 3 millions Euros worth of coffee, just double the sum of the UK, and more than three times higher than the sum of the last place, Sweden (0.8 million). Yet 15 years later, sales surged in the UK to 20 million Euros, overtaking Switzerland and coming on top. The sales of the other three countries all grew slightly. Switzerland also ranked the first in the sales of bananas in 1999, gaining 15 million Euros that year. This figure far exceeded the other four countries, the sales of which all failed to go beyond 2 millions. By 2004, the banana sales in Switzerland had more than tripled to 47 million Euros, still far leading the others. Sales in the UK and Belgium also rose considerably, reaching 5.5 and 4 million respectively. In contrast, Sweden and Denmark saw their revenues fall down to about half as much as the figures in 1999.