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2005 December 2007 Brazil Learns That Fair Trade Pays Off
2005 December 2007 Brazil Learns That Fair Trade Pays Off
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Brazil is turning into one of the world's leading producers and consumers of
Fair and Ethical Trade. "This should become a reality within the next five
years, due to the diversity of national production and to the rising number of
consumers in the large urban centers, especially in the South and Southeast of
the country," says Louise Machado, coordinator at the Market Access Unit of the
Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae).
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Just do a simple math and find out WHO is buying the most FAIR TRADE GOODS on a per capita basis....in the world !!!!!!
S W I T Z E R L A N D with US$ 28.- per capita !
A number I knew, but could not remember where to find it. Now you have it, coming from YOUR sources, not mine.
Because of course, had I written it myself, NOT ONE OF YOU IDIOTS would have trusted me....as usual.
America less than US$ 2.- , UK Us$ 5.-, France Us$ 2,50, Germany ??.
Further strange to read : " Fair Trade is fairly widespread in European countries, in the United States and in Japan" and not puting a number for Japan, and only 2 EU members out of 12 in the EU zone, PLUS THE OTHERS not EU members such as Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Denmark, themselves large buyers of FAIR TRADES but not as much as my country as YOUR stats show.
Furthermore, the 4 largest buyers total is already US$ 1,17 billion, including NEITHER Germany NOR Japan, NOR other EU members or other Non EU members countries, for which no number was provided, out of a world total of US$ 1,7 billion for 50 countries.
Meaning that Brazil despite its large population of 190 millions BUYS VERY LITTLE IN THE WORLD TRADE FAIR, INCLUDING THEIR OWN TRADE FAIRS !!!!
Lets face it, 90 % of the Global Fair Trade is absorbed by less than 10 countries out of the 50. And Brazil is nowhere in the top 20 !
Thus stating that : Brazil is turning into one of the world's leading producers and consumers of Fair and Ethical Trade.....is simply a pure lie that NO number or stat would match. A simple Fairy Tale....that Brazilians are accustomed to trust and swallow...as usual.
As one example within many in which my country is involved : in some of the poorest African regions growing cotton, we are paying 2 to 3 times their local prices. But we insist that some of the money paid is re-invested to support the whole community with more and safer water, schools etc etc so that the whole community benefit PLUS they will also get 50 % of their re-investments as OUR subsidizes on top of the higher cotton price we pay. Yesssss...we pay 50 % of their re-investments in the local communities. If they give 1 US$.....we give 1 too !!!!
PLUS we also train and teach them to produce more per hectare and provide them also with cheap (subsidized) high producing seeds they could not afford or is not found in their local market areas !!!!!
You could do that too, by starting with your own poor family farmers totalling over 4 millions, not including the miilions without land. And you could use your own money either local or your foreign exchange rerserves. No Need to go to the World Bank or the new Bank of the South. Only idiots with US$ 185 billion forex reserves....need to borrow....outside !