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Standards and pricing work in progress

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

What's coming up this year?

See what we have planned and get an overview of all Fairtrade standards and pricing projects.

Ongoing work on generic standards

Ongoing projects by product

Bananas, fruit, vegetables

Cocoa

  • New certification requirement: Cocoa - 2020

  • Q&A: Fairtrade certification requirement for cocoa and coffee producer organizations and traders

  • Cocoa Standard Review

  • Cocoa Price Review

  • Announcement letter

Coffee

  • Standard review Coffee - 2024

  • Coffee Price Announcement - 2023

  • Cost of sustainable production revision: Coffee - 2023

  • Q&A: Fairtrade certification requirement for cocoa and coffee producer organizations and traders

Cotton, textiles and fibre crops

Flowers and plants

Gold and precious metals

  • Standard review: Gold and precious metals - 2018

Nuts and Oils

Sugar

Tea

  • Criteria suspension: Hired Labour Standard – 2023

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

  • Tea Pricing Announcement

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 improving our standards through pilot projects.

Learn more.