Monitoring the scope and benefits of fairtrade

60 Monitoring the scope and benefits of fairtrade report third edition, 2011
7.2 Fact file: Fairtrade bananas
■■ At the end of 2010, 77 producer organizations in 11 countries worldwide held a
product certification for Fairtrade bananas.
■■ More than 15 000 people were involved in Fairtrade bananas as small farmers or
as workers on Fairtrade banana plantations.
■■ The majority of Fairtrade banana producer organizations are in Colombia and the
Dominican Republic. There is an almost even split between the numbers of hired
labour organizations and the numbers of small producer organizations.
■■ The data show growth of around 5 percent in the volumes of Fairtrade bananas sold
in 2009–10 over those reported for 2008. Volumes are given in metric tonnes (MT).
■■ Growth was slightly stronger for small producer organizations than for hired
labour organizations.
■■ In 2009–10, Fairtrade banana producer organizations reported receiving more than
€12 million in Fairtrade Premium money. Top receiving countries are shown below.
■■ Increases in the Fairtrade Minimum Price for bananas in early 2010 are reflected
in the growth in sales income reported by the producer organizations, over and
above the volume increases.
■■ Fairtrade expanded to include bananas from Ghana and from the Philippines in
addition to origins in Latin America and the Caribbean.
■■ Fairtrade banana sales in 2009–10 represented 62 percent of total certifiable
production.
FIGURE 7.6
Fairtrade bananas: Product certifications 2005–2010
Number
of product
certifications
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2005 2006 2007
2008 2009 2010