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The tables compare the sales of fairtrade-labelled tea and pineapple in five European nations for the years 2010 and 2015. It can be seen that sales of both commodities increased in almost every country during the given time period, and Austria was the biggest seller of both tea and pineapple in 2010.
Austria and Germany were two major suppliers of tea in 2010, with 4 million and 2.8 million euros worth of sales. However, in 2015, the top position was grabbed by France with 21 million euros, and Austria just doubled its revenue in the course of five years. Meanwhile, Norway and Netherlands were the two least popular sellers of tea in 2010 with almost 2 million euros each, also stood at last in 2015 with 2 million and 2.7 million euros, respectively.
Austria was the biggest merchant of pineapple in 2010, with 16 million euros, and remained the same with almost 50 millions of revenue in 2015 too. In regard to France and Netherlands, pineapple sales almost trebled in 2015, as compared to their income in 2010. Norway and Germany, on the other hand, faced a reduction of just about 33% in their respective sales figures for 2015 when compared to 2.8 million and 3 million euros in 2010, respectively.
