Welcome to Scotia Fair Trade!

Scotia Fair Trade promotes goods made by small-scale and marginalized producers in Africa, Asia and South America. We offer a wide and growing range of fair trade products which include natural skin care products and soaps, pure essential oils, incense, jewellery, clothing accessories, crafts, handmade gifts and greeting cards. Scotia Fair Trade is a member of BAFTS (the British Association for Fair Trade Shops).

Handmade cards from Rwanda
June 15, 2009

We are delighted to announce a new trading partnership with a card-making business in Rwanda. Located on the outskirts of Kigali, Cards from Africa (CfA) employs young people who have been orphaned to make handmade greeting cards.

NEW products for May
May 17, 2009

New products just in … olive wood holding crosses and praying hands statues from the West Bank … animal pencils from Indonesia … jewellery holders from Thailand … and more!

World Fair Trade Day 2009
April 25, 2009

This year, World Fair Trade Day will explode with energy, innovation and an earth-circling ring of events. A supernova of entrepreneurial talent, superstars and forward thinking Fair Traders united by a new beat: Beat poverty … Beat climate change … Beat economic crisis.

BACK IN STOCK: Fair Trade Shea Butter and African Black Soap
March 31, 2009

Our best-selling products, unrefined shea butter and black soap are now finally back in stock and available for purchase on our website. Both the shea butter and black soap are produced in Togo, West Africa by Agbanga Karite, a Fair Trade cooperative, and packaged and labelled by Scotia Fair Trade.