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Coffee Importers
Core requirements for licensed coffee importers:
- Sign TransFair USA's License/Certification agreement
to allow you to become an authorized importer, selling Fair Trade Certified
green coffee to roasters.
- Purchase green coffee from producer organizations
certified by TransFair's umbrella organization, Fair Trade Labeling
Organizations International (FLO).
- Pay at least the international Fair Trade minimum price to coffee
cooperatives (US$1.31 per pound for conventionally grown coffee; US$1.51
for certified organically grown coffee).
- Submit reports on a monthly basis detailing all Fair
Trade purchases and sales. Include supporting documentation (contracts,
bills of lading, and invoices) for all Fair Trade purchases made directly
from producer groups.
- On request of the producer organization, make available
up to 60% of the value of the contract in pre-financing or other credit
facilities.
Interested in becoming a licensed coffee importer?
Contact TransFair USA's certification manager for more information: email
importers@transfairusa.org.
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