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Fair Trade

Today I want to talk about „Fair Trade“.

1. Fair Trade

FT is a controlled Trade, in which the prices fort he products are settled eighter. The strategy ist hat producer should get a eighter and safer income. It is concentrated on goods from the 3rd word and southern countries which are exported to the industrial countries, especially products from agriculture and traditional handicrafts, in recent years also industrial products (clothes). If you want to buy FT products you can find them in whole food-shops, supermarkets or resturants, but in basicly they are offered in „world shops“ where only volunteers work. The Products are bananas, chocolate, sugar, tea, coffee, rice, cotton, nuts or fruits.

2. Facts

Now some facts of FT. In the world are more than 30000 supermarkets which sell FT products. There are about 3 million customers and 1 millon farmers who profit in 58 countrys from FT. Since 1992 FT has made turnover of 800 million dollars. The world day of FT ist he 17th may. At this day are different events like many fashion shows in Japan, and fairs in Austria where people can cost FT products.

3. Organisation

FT is no organisation, but there are more than 100 organisations, which stand for FT all are combined in FINE (the main organ organisation)
F= Fair Trade Labelling organisations International (FLO) which awards the label Trans Fair ( with ist you can FT goods)
I= International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) which supports cooperation between organisation commit to equality and justice of the world Trade
N= Network of European World shops (NEWS), cooperation between the shops
E= European Fair Trade Association (EFTA), which is responsible fort he import of FT products

4. Principles

1. It creates chances for disadvantaged people
Whit this they want to reach a decreasing of proverty and the support of future economy
2.The payment of a Fair price
It means that prices should be fixed between trading partners and always cover production costs, secure existence of producer
3. social working conditions
The aims at a safe and health working environment and a phrohibition of slavery and child labour.
4. equal rights of women
They get spezial support with in the organisation and want to reach an sufficient income
5. competition
Producers should became more independent and should anytime be able to be competitive
6. Environmental protection
Chemical substances which could damage are forbidden and the enviroment argriculture is no force but prefered

5. Goals

The goals of FT are more justice in Trade, better trading conditions and extended the social rights. One another point ist that it wants a better cooperation between worker and factory, more independence and self-assurance. The last aspect ist the possibility to a permanent place on the global marked.

6. Fair Trade Label

The FT Label is called „Trans Fair“. The companies have to pay 20-30000 Dollars to get the label. It marks the products of FT and is given from FLO to the companies. Then you get a document from the organisation which ist he evidence that they legal can sell the products.

7. Use of money

FT improves the living conditions and envestigates into future. There are many education and social programms, promotion of woman, upgrading in production and rearrangement to ecological agriculture.

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