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help facilitate and coordinate fair trade activities ; assist producers from developing countries especially in the asia pacific region to access australian and new zealand markets ; and establish a regional organisation to manage fairtrade certification and labelling for products that have standards in place under the limited flo system . the fair trade association also endorses fair trade businesses who are primarily artisan craft based and do not fall within the purview of the fairtrade labeling organization structures . this endorsement is gained through adherence to the world fair trade organization wfto 10 principles of fair trade . this endorsement offers opportunities for consumers to trust that the craft styled products sold by businesses are authentically fair trade . businesses become endorsed as a fair trader of australia . history edit the first products bearing the flo international fairtrade certification mark which guarantees a better deal to disadvantaged producers in the developing world were sold in australia and new zealand starting october 2003 . citation needed products bearing the mark are on sale in australia and new zealand coffee tea chocolate and cocoa cotton and sportsballs . citation needed the first endorsed fair traders of australia achieved their seal in early 2011 . citation needed references edit external links edit the fair trade association australia website the fair trade association new zealand website v t e fair trade core topics history of fair trade fairtrade certification fair trade and politics fair trade impact studies fair trade debate alternative trading organization trade justice trade justice movement sweatshops body shopping worldshop federations fairtrade labelling organizations international world fair trade organization network of european worldshops european fair trade association fine fair trade federation international resources for fairer trade irft certification fair trade certification flo international standard setting and producer support flo cert inspection & certification international fairtrade certification mark fair trade certified mark labeling initiatives asociaci n del sello de productos de comercio justo fair trade association of australia and new zealand fairtrade mark ireland the fairtrade foundation association max havelaar france stichting max havelaar max havelaar stiftung switzerland fairtrade canada fair trade usa formerly transfair usa alternative trading organizations alter eco artisans du monde caf direct ctm altromercato divine chocolate equal exchange equal exchange trading rainforest alliance gepa the fair trade company handcrafting justice serrv international traidcraft twin trading ten thousand villages veja sneakers campaigns fairtrade town list of fairtrade settlements fairtrade fortnight make trade fair no sweat world fair trade day media black gold 2006 film brewing justice book category fair trade retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fair trade association of australia and new zealand & oldid 723695605 categories fair trade organizationsorganizations established in 2003hidden categories articles lacking sources from june 2012all articles lacking sourceswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2012wikipedia articles in need of updating from june 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updatingall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2016 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 4 june 2016 at 16 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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