Worldwide consumers spent more than £1.8bn on Fairtrade-certified products in 2007, a 47% increase over the previous year.
And Fairtrade sales in the UK increased even faster, growing by 72% to an estimated £560m.
Worldwide, sales of juices almost quadrupled, sugar doubled and bananas were up by 72%.
Fairtrade coffee sales grew by 19%.
The figures were released today by the Fairtrade Foundation.
