Consultation: review of the coffee standard
You are kindly invited to participate in this consultation reviewing the Fairtrade Standard for Coffee for small-scale producers and traders. The deadline for comments is 29 November 2019.
Coffee
Product Standard for Small-scale Producer Organizations
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.
Coffee / Café / Café / Café
EN | Fairtrade Standard for Coffee
ES | Criterio de Comercio Justo Fairtrade para Café
Main changes
The content of this standard was reviewed in April 2011. For information on the changes, please see the following main changes document.
ES | Documento de los cambios principales
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.
EN | Guidance productivity and quality improvement
ES | Mejora de la productividady de la calidad
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.
EN | Fairtrade Guidance on Price Risk Management Strategy
ES | Documento Orientativo sobre el Manejo del Riesgo de Precios
FR | Document d’orientation sur le stratégie de gestion des risques liés aux prix
PT | Documento de orientação sobre o Gestão de Risco de Preço
Guidance on Pricing and Applying Coffee Differentials
The following guidance document on applying differentials will help producers and traders appropriately apply differentials particularly in the case of Fairtrade organic Arabica and Robusta coffee.
If you would like to receive this guidance on applying coffee differentials directly into your email account please let us know by sending an e-mail to: coffeehelp@fairtrade.net
EN | Guidance Document for Fairtrade Coffee Pricing 2 0 - April 2018
ES | Documento Guía para Precios de Café Fairtrade 2 0 - Abril 2018
ES | Documento guía sobre deducciones del precio FOB de café: Guía específica para Perú - 3 Nov 2017
EN | Fairtrade Guidance on Applying Coffee Differentials
ES | Fairtrade Comercio Justo guía de referencia sobre diferenciales prevalentes
EN | 15-26 July 2019
ES | 15-26 julio 2019
EN | 1-12 July 2019
ES | 1-12 julio 2019
EN | 17-28 June 2019
ES | 17-28 junio 2019
EN | 3-14 June 2019
ES | 3-14 junio 2019
EN | 20-31 May 2019
ES | 20-31 mayo 2019
EN | 6-17 May 2019
ES | 6-17 mayo 2019
EN | 8-18 April 2019
ES | 8-18 abril 2019
EN | 11-22 March 2019
ES | 11-22 marzo 2019
EN | 25 February - 8 March 2019
ES | 25 febrero - 8 marzo 2019
EN | 11-22 February 2019
ES | 11-22 febrero 2019
EN | 28 January - 8 February 2019
ES | 28 enero - 8 febrero 2019
EN | 14-25 January 2019
ES | 14-25 enero 2019
EN | 2-11 January 2019
ES | 2-11 enero 2019
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.
The standard also covers its secondary products and their derivatives.
The Fairtrade standard covers two species of green coffee: Coffea arabica (Arabica coffee) and Coffea canephora (Robusta coffee).
Fairtrade Minimum Prices have been set for washed coffee and natural coffee. Pulped natural coffee is considered as washed coffee.
The standard also covers secondary products and their derivatives.
Standard for Small-scale producer organizations
This product-specific standard applies to small-scale producer organizations as explained here. Together, the Fairtrade Standard for Small-scale Producer Organizations and the product standard above define the terms of trade. Please read both documents for further guidance.
Does your company want to trade this Fairtrade product?
Aspects of this product standard also apply to companies that wish to trade with producers. The product standard above works in conjunction with the Fairtrade Trader Standard to outline the terms of trade for this product.