Permission to Trade

Intermediate and temporary allowance to start trading under Fairtrade conditions. By no means does it represent a valid Fairtrade Certificate and it is linked to certain conditions. There is a difference in the Permission to Trade for traders and producers:

• Traders, upon receipt of payment of the initial certification fee, receive a preliminary Permission to Trade valid for nine months.
• For producer organisations, the Permission to Trade will be issued if there are no Major Non-Conformities identified during their Initial Audit until the audit evaluation is completed and a Fairtrade Certificate is issued.