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Changes to Trader Standard on deadline for Group Mass Balance, 1 Sept 2018

1 Sep 2018

We would like to announce that we are introducing changes to the Fairtrade Trader Standard removing the deadline for GMB for cocoa and sugar.

The GMB was allowed temporarily for these two commodities and is now extended permanently to enable cocoa and sugar producers to secure and increase their sales under Fairtrade terms.

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  • EN | Changes to the Fairtrade Trader Standard on deadline for Group Mass Balance (GMB)
  • ES | Cambios al Criterio de Comercio Justo Fairtrade para Comerciantes sobre el plazo para balance de masa de grupo
  • FR | Changements apportés au Standard Fairtrade pour les acteurs commerciaux concernant la date limite pour le Bilan de masse groupé
  • Fairtrade Standards / Price announcements
    • Mango Seed Kernel Announcement
    • Tea Pricing Announcement
    • Living Wage in Banana Hired Labour Organizations
    • Lime announcement
    • Cocoa Fairtrade Minimum Price Differential announcement
    • Banana FMP validity extension
    • Fairtrade Premium in view of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
    • Transition period of SPO requirement 4.1.10 on Fairtrade Premium use reporting
    • Changes to the Standard for Small-scale producer organizations (SPO)
    • New certification requirement for cocoa and coffee producer organizations and traders
  • more announcements ...

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