aktieselskab industry fashion fur trade founded 1985 headquarters qaqortoq greenland key people bruno olesen chairman lars berg ceo products haute couture ready to wear accessories footwear & fur net income dkk 68 763 000 2006 number of employees 64 1 website greatgreenland.com great greenland furhouse is a modern tanning and production company that processes furs and sells clothing fashion wear and other products made of greenland fur and seal skin located in qaqortoq south greenland . 2 the company operates based on a service contract between the government of greenland and great greenland a s. contents 1 purchase and procurement of skins 2 markets and politics 3 see also 4 references 5 external links purchase and procurement of skins edit the company purchases seal skin from all over greenland . the company owns trading stations skin centers in maniitsoq nuuk tasiilaq and upernavik as well as independent trading stations in smaller villages totalling more than 70 independent trading stations . dried seal skin can also be purchased from the smallest communities via pilersuisoq . in total over 2 500 people are involved in the seal skin trade . this makes great greenland furhouse one of the biggest employers in the entire country . also of the 64 people directly employed the company 51 are working in qaqortoq making great greenland one of the biggest employers in the town . markets and politics edit the import and sale of seal fur is illegal in the united states due to the 1972 u.s. marine mammal protection act . the act categorically bans imports or sales of all marine mammal products regardless of the conservation status of the animal . on may 5 2009 the european parliament voted in favour of an eu wide ban on seal products 3 exemptions allowing limited seal product trade for greenland inuit . the majority of the fur products are headed for the european markets with denmark as the biggest customer . 4 since the eec seal skin ban in 1983 the company receives between 25 and 30 million dkk 3.5 to 4 mil eur annually to support and develop greenlandic seal hunt and production . there are currently 1 900 licensed professional hunters on greenland of these an estimated 200 to 300 are economically dependent on supplying seal skins to great greenland . on average the professional hunters earn about 50 000 dkk 6 000 eur annually from hunting and coastal fishing 5 roughly 20 % of this amount consists of direct subsidies from the greenland home rule . see also edit fashion portal companies portal greenland portal kopenhagen fur references edit management and utilization of seals in greenland pdf . government of greenland department of fisheries hunting & agriculture . retrieved april 12 2011 . great greenland furhouse home page . great greenland a s. retrieved april 12 2011 . seal product ban will hurt great greenland . sikunews . retrieved april 12 2011 . furs 2001 . retrieved april 12 2011 . great greenland intend to start commercial seal pup hunting . ecoadvise . retrieved april 12 2011 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to great greenland a s. great greenland furhouse home page kopenhagen fur home page v t e companies of greenland air greenland arctic umiaq line atuagkat bookstore bank of greenland brugsen diskoline great greenland greenland venture knr kni mittarfeqarfiit nunaoil nuuk tv nuup bussii pilersuisoq pisiffik post greenland sermitsiaq royal arctic line royal greenland tele greenland upernavik seafood v t e qaqortoq institutions hotel qaqortoq qaqortoq hostel qaqortoq museum great greenland furhouse landmarks hvalsey church of our saviour gertrud rasch s church transport arctic umiaq line qaqortoq heliport narsarsuaq airport royal arctic line air greenland royal greenland retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title great greenland furhouse & oldid 715405891 categories high fashion brandsgreenlandic fashiongreenlandic brandsbags fashion clothing brands of greenlandclothing companies of greenlandclothing retailers of greenlandluxury brandsfashion accessoriesfurfur tradecompanies established in 1985companies of greenlandcompanies based in qaqortoqqaqortoq1985 establishments in greenlandhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 15 april 2016 at 15 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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