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Find out more here: Fruit & vegetables Standard Review

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Find out more here: Cocoa Standard Review

Find out more here: Cocoa Price Review

The Standards Unit at Fairtrade International seeks to inform you of various updates and changes regarding the Fairtrade Standard for Coffee and its Interpretation Notes.

• Coffee Standard Announcement
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During its meeting on 30 November 2023, the Fairtrade International Standards Committee decided on a revised version of the Fairtrade Standard for Coffee.

For more details, please see the announcement letter:

• Coffee Standard Announcement
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During its meeting on March 24, the Standards Committee of Fairtrade International approved new Fairtrade Prices for coffee, which will be valid from August 1, 2023.

For more information, please see the Price Announcement below:

• Coffee Price Announcement
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Price review: Seed cotton - 2024

Project Assignement

During its meeting on 20 March 2024, the Standards Committee approved the inclusion of 2 new requirements in the Fairtrade Textile Standard

For more details, please see the announcement letter:

Textile standard - Announcement Letter

Wage calculation: Floor wages Flowers and Plants - 2024

• Project Assignement - second phase
• Project Assignement

During its meeting on 24 November 2022, the Fairtrade International Standards Committee decided on a revised version of the Fairtrade Standard for Flowers and Plants.

For more details, please see the announcement letter:

• Flowers and Plants Standard Announcement
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• Review: Hazardous Materials List Review for Flowers and Plants 2024
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• Premium change: Young plant material

• Project Asssignement
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• Consultation Synopsis
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EN | Announcement Letter

ES | Carta de Anuncio

PT | Carta de Anúncio

EN | Exception: Sugar - 2023

EN | Project Assignement

EN | Synopsis document  

EN | Announcement letter  

EN | Tea Announcement, 21 December 2020

• EN | Communication letter
• ES | Carta de comunicación

• EN | New COSP Announcement Letter
• EN | Cost of Sustainable Production Guidance document
• SP | Costo de Producción Sostenible - Documento orientativo
• COSP Templates

Announcement letter

• EN | HML announcement, 28 April 2020
• ES | Anuncio Lista de materiales peligrosos, 28 Abril 2020
• FR | Annonce Liste des Matières Dangereuses , 28 Avril 2020
• PT | Anúncio Lista de Materiais Perigosos, 28 Abril 2020

EN | Project Assignment

Find out more here: HREDD Standard review

Find out more here: Trader Standard review

• EN| Standard Announcement on updated Interpretation Notes
• ES| Anuncio estándar sobre notas interpretativas actualizadas
• FR| Annonce standard sur la mise à jour des notes d'interprétation
• PT| Anúncio padrão sobre notas de interpretação atualizadas

This is a follow up of the review of the Standard for Small-scale Producer organizations. The Standards Committee decided on changes to the Standard for Small-scale Producer Organizations, concerning the definition of a small-scale producer, and the number of workers as of when additional labour requirements apply. Fairtrade’s definition of a small-scale producer organization covers what requirements a producer organization has to fulfil to be classed as a small-scale producer organization and what requirements an individual SPO member has to meet to be classed as a small-scale farmer under our Standards. The changes have been introduced to take country and product realities into account while also preserving the intention of the standard.

• EN | Changes to the Standard for Small-scale producer organizations (SPO)
• ES | Cambios en el Criterio para Organizaciones de Pequeños Productores (OPP)
• FR | Changements dans le Standard pour les organisations de petits producteurs (OPP)
• PT | Alterações no Critério para Organizações de pequenos Produtores (OPP)

During the full revision of the Fairtrade Standard for Small-Scale Producer Organizations (SPO standard) that was finalized in April 2019, the definition of small-scale producer organization was revised and a maximum land size of 30 hectares was also introduced to further strengthen the focus of Fairtrade on small-scale farmers and to avoid unfair competition between and within the SPOs.
Recognizing the implications of meeting this requirement, SPOs were given a 2-year transition period to ensure that they adjust their structure to the new definition. This requirement will therefore come into force in January 2022. 

• EN | Maximum Land Size Clarification
• SP | Aclaración sobre el tamaño de tierra máximo
• FR | Clarification sur la taille maximale des terres

The FairInsight online platform is now working and you can access it here.

Please refer to the attached letter for more information.

• EN | Fairtrade Premium use reporting
• SP | Informes sobre uso de la Prima Fairtrade