Fairtrade Standard for Coffee
Product Standard for Small-scale Producer Organisations
This standard covers the purchase and sale of both Arabica and Robusta coffee in their primary form (green beans). For the sections under certification and traceability (only), the standard also covers any processed products and derivatives.
Fairtrade Standard for Coffee
Interpretation note
Changes made since the previous version
Guidance on Productivity and Quality Improvement
The following guidance document on productivity and quality improvements describes best practice in making investments with the 5 cents USD per pound of the Fairtrade Premium that is to be allocated toward investments in productivity and/or quality of Fairtrade Coffee.
Guidance on Price Risk Management
The following guidance document on price risk management strategies is also a tool for producers, and traders, to help them manage price risk, especially in the current context of high market price volatility.
Guidance on FOB Price Deductions for Coffee
The guidance documents on FOB price deductions for coffee supports the implementation of the requirement 2.2.6 Price Breakdown of the Fairtrade Standard for Coffee.
Generic Guidance: EN | ES | FR | PT
Guidance for Peru: ES