There are over 1,500 Fairtrade products available in the UK.

  More than 900,000 cups of Fairtrade coffee are drunk everyday in the UK.

  The British drink over 3 million cups of Fairtrade hot drinks and munch almost 500,000 Fairtrade bananas every year.

  Sales of Fairtrade products increase by 40 per cent a year. 

  Bananas are the fourth most important staple crop in the world. They are the biggest selling individual grocery product in the UK.

  On a per capita basis, the UK consumes more confectionery than any other country; of this 70% is chocolate.

  Worldwide, the Fairtrade labelling network is working with 500 producer organisations and over 400 traders, with benefits reaching 5 million people. - farmers, workers and their families.

  58 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America supply tea, coffee, cocoa, fruits, spices, cotton and other products to the Fairtrade market.

  The UK is the world's leader with regard to retail sales of Fairtrade products.

  The FAIRTRADE Mark, Britain’s only independent consumer label that guarantees a better deal for farmers and workers in developing countries, was named winner of the Special Recognition prize in the 'media and services’ category of the YouGov poll in 2005.

  For every $100 generated by world exports, $97 goes to the high and middle income countries.

  For every dollar given to poor countries in aid, $1.20 is lost because of unfair trade.

  If Africa, East Asia, South Asia and Latin America increased their share of world exports by just 1%, it could lift 128 million people out of poverty.

  The $90 billion that Africa would generate through a 1% increase in its share of world exports is three times the amount provided to the region through aid and debt relief.

  The rich world taxes imports from poor countries at an average of four times the rate that it taxes imports from industrialised countries.

  Rich countries spend $800 million a day on farm support - the vast bulk of which goes to the biggest and richest agro-businesses. Farm surpluses are exported to world markets which suppresses prices, drives down the income of farmers in poor countries and forces them out of business.

  In 2004, Bangladesh exported $2 billion to the USA compared to France's $31 billion yet the US Treasury collected the same amount in tariff duties from both countries. Bangladesh goods faced an average 14% tariff compared to 1% for France. Bangladesh's income is sixty times lower than that of France.