Fair Trade Facts and Figures Research

July 2007

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) has announced that consumers worldwide spent £1.1bn on Fairtrade Certified Products in 2006. This is a 42% increase on the previous year directly benefiting over 7 million people - farmers, workers and their families in developing countries.

Meanwhile, in the UK, new figures from TNS Omnimas show that the FAIRTRADE Mark is now recognized by almost three in five British adults.  The findings show that 57% of adults can identify the independent Fairtrade consumer label, up five points in just one year, and 53% of respondents correctly associated the symbol with a better deal for producers in the developing world. UK Sales of Fairtrade certified products reached an estimated retail value of £290m in 2006, an increase of 49% over the past year, and in 2007 sales are already running at an annualized rate of over £400m.

The Fairtrade Foundation is the UK member of FLO, which unites 20 national labelling initiatives across Europe, Japan, North America, Mexico and Australia/New Zealand. Global Fairtrade trade figures were unveiled to coincide with the publication of FLO’s annual report for 2006/07.

 

Impact Studies in 2006

 

Etude de l’impact sur les cultivateurs de café en Bolivie

Product: Coffee

Author: Nicolas Eberhart

Institute: Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans frontiëres

Available : http://www.maxhavelaar.com/fr/page.php/impact

Work: The French research office, CICDA-AVSF has

finished, in 2006, a comparative study of Fair Trade on the growers of coffee in the Yugas of Bolivia. The researchers found conclusions at three level: the family, producers’ organizations, and the region – development and investments.

To view the Impact Studies 2005 click here