Standards and pricing work in progress & announcements

We regularly set new Fairtrade standards and prices or review existing ones. Here you can get an overview of what we're working on and find announcements of new or revised standards and prices.

Key project elements explained

Project assignments: Provide details on project start and end, project objectives and central contact person within Fairtrade International. You are invited to comment on these project assignments through the project assignment feedback form.

Project profiles: Provide similar information as the project assignments, but at a higher level of detail.

Public consultation documents: Present the draft standard to the public for comments within a given time period. Stakeholders interested in taking part in the standard setting or review process are invited to submit their feedback using the formats offered by Fairtrade International.

Consultation feedback summaries: Provide the main results of a consultation process once it has been closed and explain how these results where taken into account for the next draft version of the standard.

Bananas, fruit, vegetables  

 

Cocoa

  • New certification requirement: Cocoa - 2020
    Versions: English | Español | Français
  • Q&A: Fairtrade certification requirement for cocoa and coffee producer organizations and traders
    Versions: English

Coffee

Standard review Coffee - 2024

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.

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 Price Announcement 2023

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:

Cost of sustainable production revision: Coffee - 2023
Versions: English | Spanish

 

Cotton, textiles and fibre crops

Limited standards review: Textiles - 2024

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:

 

Flowers and plants

Standard review: Flowers and Plants - 2024

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:

Gold and precious metals

Standard review: Gold and precious metals - 2018

 

Herbs, herbal teas and spices  

Honey  

Sportsballs

Tea

Criteria suspension: Hired Labour Standard – 2023

EN | Project Assignement

EN | Synopsis document  

Suspension of the requirement 3.5.4 of the Hired Labour Standard in Sri Lanka

EN | Announcement letter  

Tea Pricing Announcement

EN | Tea Announcement, 21 December 2020

Wine

Overarching standards

EU Organic Regulation: Adaptation options for organic and Fairtrade certified producers 

Standard review:  Contract production – 2023

Updated interpretation notes: Hired Labour Standard and Trader Standard

Revision: Hazardous Materials List

Guidance: Cost of Sustainable Production – 2023

Pilot closure: Fairtrade certification in conflict-affected regions

Standard revision: Standard for Small-scale Producer Organizations

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.

Clarification:  Maximum land size in the Fairtrade Standard for Small-scale Pro-ducer Organizations

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. 

New tool: Fairtrade Premium use reporting

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

Please refer to the attached letter for more information.

Pilot projects

To keep up with latest developments in trade, legislation, or consumer preferences and maximise impact for farmers and workers, we develop and test new ideas for further im-proving our standards through pilot projects.

Learn more.