Standards and pricing announcements
The Fairtrade standards are reviewed and updated regularly. The most recent announcements below have been incorporated into all of the standards available on this website.

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Recent announcements
- Removal of requirement 2.1.10 Mass balance: origin matching of bean volumes from the Cocoa Standard
- EU Organic Regulation 2018/848 - Adaptation options for organic Fairtrade certified POs
- New requirements in the Fairtrade Textile Standard 2024
- Brazil Nuts - Price Announcement 2024
- Revised Standards for Traders and Hired Labour Organizations on HREDD 2024
- Updates in the Fairtrade Cocoa Standard 2024
- Cocoa Fairtrade Minimum Price Differential Announcement
- Suspension of entry to new fresh banana producers 2024
- Calculating base wages in the Standard for Fresh Fruits, applicable for banana companies
- Calculating floor wages for Flowers and Plants 2024
- Revised Fairtrade Standard for Coffee 2024
- Suspension of the requirement 3.5.4 of the Hired Labour Standard in Sri Lanka
- Exception for Sugar
- Revised Fairtrade Standard for Flowers and Plants
- Banana Price Announcement 2024
- Revised Fairtrade Standard for Cocoa
- Price Announcement – Hazelnuts
- Explanatory Document - Calculating Wages in the Fresh Fruit Standard
- Cocoa Price Announcement 2023 - Ivory Coast
- Public Consultation - Fairtrade Standards Review on HREDD
- Changes to the Fairtrade Standard for Small-scale Producer Organizations
- New guidance document for the Cost of Sustainable Production
- Coffee Price Announcement 2023
- Price Announcement - Organic Rice from Sri Lanka
- Calculating floor wages for Flowers and Plants 2022
- Fairtrade Premium for Young Plant Material
- Price Announcement - Minor Products
- Banana Price Announcement 2023
- Trader Standard Review - First Consultation
- Revised Fairtrade Standard for Cocoa
- Postponement of the implementation date of the requirement 3.1.1 and 3.2.1 of the Fairtrade Coffee Standard
- Closure of Fairtrade pilot certification in conflict-affected regions
- Clarification on the maximum land size in the Fairtrade Standard for Small- scale Producer Organizations
- Banana Price Announcement 2022
- Fairtrade Premium use reporting
- Fairtrade Minimum Price and Fairtrade Premium for Dates
- Fairtrade Sourcing Ingredient Extension to Coffee - Announcement
- Changes to the Tea Standards for Small-scale Producer Organizations, Hired Labour and Traders
- Changes to the Coffee Standard
- Fairtrade Minimum Price and Fairtrade Premium for Pineapple for Drying
- Transition period of SPO requirement 4.1.10 on Fairtrade Premium use reporting
- Mango Seed Kernel Announcement
- Tea Pricing Announcement
- Living Wage in Banana Hired Labour Organizations
- Lime 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
- Revised Hazardous Materials List