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British Association for Fair Trade Shops

Promoting fair trade retailing in Britain

British Association for Fair Trade Shops
9 Thames Street, Charlbury, Oxford, OX7 3QL

Registered Address: 9 Thames Street
Charlbury, Oxford, OX7 3QL
Registered Company No. 3990457

Tel: +44(0)7866 759201
Email: info@bafts.org.uk

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Look up the location of your nearest fair trade shops.

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BAFTS members who sell via mail order and the Internet.

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Directory of fair trade importers into the UK.

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Information fair trade retail events around the UK.

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Information on how to become a BAFTS member (retailers to ther public) and/or BAFTS listed importer.

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Importer Application Form

Your Details

Title*

First name*

Last name*

Position

Business Name*

Trading Name*

Address 1*

Address 2

Town*

County*

Postcode*

Telephone*

Fax

Email*

Website

Other Questions

1. Why was your business started?

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2. What is your understanding of the meaning of Fair Trade?

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3. What principles underpin the way you conduct your business?

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4.Which countries do you import from? Please list them all.

Country
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5. What categories of product do you sell?

Product Categories
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6. What was your turnover last year, or the last 12 months? What percentage of this was Fair Trade imports?

Total turnover last financial year		% of Fair Trade Imports
Fair Trade Imports	£
Other	£

7. Please list your producer partners and describe their characteristics.

Name of producer
Country of producer
Characteristic of producer (e.g. coop/ association/etc)
Name of Fair Trade Network e.g. IFAT, FLO, COFTA
Working environment: factory, small workshops, farm, etc
D or E (Direct producer and exporter/Exporter only)
% of your assortment bought from this partner
No of yrs you've been working with this partner
Tick here if you have visited this partner within the last 2 years

8. Why do you think that buying from these producer partners will bring about fundamental changes in the lives of producers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system?

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9. If you buy from export companies that do not also make the products themselves, please say whether you know precisely which producers are making the products that you are buying and why you are not buying directly from them.

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10.Do you allow subcontracting (where articles are made by another producer, not directly the one you buy from)?

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11. What steps do you take to ensure that the working producers receive the highest possible earnings for their work? Do you actively encourage and work for higher earnings for worker producers? How?

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12. Do you help your producer partners with financial assistance? If so, what form does this take?

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13. What other support do you provide to your producer partners? (e.g. providing assistance on product development or other training)

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14. How do you assure yourself that producer working conditions are safe and healthy?

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15. Fair Trade works towards gender equity. What do you do to support this?

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16. How do you make sure that the rights are protected of any children involved in production of products for your organisation? If you have a policy statement on child labour, please let us have a copy.

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17. Fair Trade actively encourages better environmental practices. How do you do this? If you have a policy statement on the environment, please let us have a copy.

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18. What support do you provide to the Fair Trade shops that buy your products? (e.g. producer information)

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19. How are you and the businesses you are buying from campaigning/ advocating for Fair Trade?

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20. What are you main hopes for the future, and what are the main obstacles that you face?

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