This statistic shows the outcome of a 2020 survey in which respondents from Belgium were asked about the reasons not to buy fair trade products. As of 2020, roughly 40 percent of the respondents indicated that they did not buy fair trade products because fair trade products are too expensive.
French and Dutch-speaking Belgian citizens who do not buy fair trade products
Method of interview
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Om welke redenen koopt u geen of koopt u niet vaker fairtradeproducten?" (English: Why do you not buy fair trade products (more often)?)
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Trade for Development Centre. (October 3, 2020). Why do you not buy fair trade products? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/705158/reasons-not-to-buy-fair-trade-products-in-belgium/
Trade for Development Centre. "Why do you not buy fair trade products?." Chart. October 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/705158/reasons-not-to-buy-fair-trade-products-in-belgium/
Trade for Development Centre. (2020). Why do you not buy fair trade products?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/705158/reasons-not-to-buy-fair-trade-products-in-belgium/
Trade for Development Centre. "Why Do You Not Buy Fair Trade Products?." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/705158/reasons-not-to-buy-fair-trade-products-in-belgium/
Trade for Development Centre, Why do you not buy fair trade products? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/705158/reasons-not-to-buy-fair-trade-products-in-belgium/ (last visited June 28, 2022)
