German trade statistics?

statistics on "fair trade"

• I need statistics on "fair trade" sales figures over past year

• Answer:

  Dear vickyji: "TransFair USA, a certification agency...certified $208 million worth of Fair Trade coffee. That's not much, given the $19.2 billion American coffee market. But Fair Trade sales have tripled in the past three years and constitute a growing slice of the booming $8.4 billion gourmet-coffee market. Today Fair Trade coffee is imported and roasted by 280 U.S. companies and sold at 18,000 retail outlets." "Meanwhile, the Fair Trade seal has expanded to tea, chocolate and bananas. Mangoes, pineapples and grapes are short-listed." "The Coffee Clash" by Margot Roosevelt, March 8, 2004, Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/subscriber/0,10987,1101040308-596156,00.html Lots of additional information and statistics can be found at the homepage of TransFair USA www.transfairusa.org, the only fair trade certification agency in the United States. "Press Releases" March 29, 2004 TransFair USA http://www.transfairusa.org/content/about/pr_040329.php Sincerely, Wonko