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 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
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Price review Bananas - 2025
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Information: Suspension of entry for new banana producers - 2024
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Wage calculation: Base wages applicable for banana companies - 2024
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Fruit & vegetables Standard Review
Cocoa
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New certification requirement: Cocoa - 2020
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Q&A: Fairtrade certification requirement for cocoa and coffee producer organizations and traders
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Cocoa Standard Review
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Cocoa Price Review
Coffee
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Standard review Coffee - 2024
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Coffee Price Announcement - 2023
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Cost of sustainable production revision: Coffee - 2023
Cotton, textiles and fibre crops
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Full standard review: Textiles 2024-25
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Limited standard review: Textiles 2024
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Price Review - Seed cotton 2024
Flowers and plants
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Wage calculation
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Standard review: Flowers and Plants - 2024
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Announcement letter
Gold and precious metals
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Standard review: Gold and precious metals - 2018
Nuts and Oils
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Announcement letter
Sugar
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Exception: Sugar
Tea
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Criteria suspension: Hired Labour Standard – 2023
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Suspension of the requirement 3.5.4 of the Hired Labour Standard in Sri Lanka
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Tea Pricing Announcement
Generic standards
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EU Organic Regulation: Adaptation options for organic and Fairtrade certified producers
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Guidance: Cost of Sustainable Production – 2023
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Pilot closure: Fairtrade certification in conflict-affected regions
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Revision: Hazardous Materials List
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Standard review: Contract production – 2023
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Standard review: Hired Labour
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Standard review: HREDD
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Standard review: Trader
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Updated interpretation notes: Hired Labour Standard and Trader Standard
Standard revision
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Standard for Small-scale Producer Organisations
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Clarification: Maximum land size in the Fairtrade Standard for Small-scale Producer Organisations
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New tool: Fairtrade Premium use reporting
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.