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  „NEWS, the Network of European World Shops represents 3000 shops and EFTA, the European Fair Trade Association has 13 ATO members in 10 European countries with US$160 million in annual wholesale and retail sales. Under the fair trademarks TransFair, Max Havelaar and the UKs Fairtrade Foundation, 11,000 metric tonnes of green coffee beans were sold in over 35,000 supermarkets by commercial coffee companies in 1995. Current estimates put total world "fair trade" sales in the neighbourhood of US$300-500 million per year.“

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  „Most roasters buy coffee through chains of brokers, selling it as a blend. With little incentive to keep their products separate, farmers take their coffee to local mills to be mixed with that of their neighbors. Shaded, unshaded -- it all goes in the same bag. "Folgers buys coffee from Guatemala," Ted Lingle says.“

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  „Timothy's president Becky McKinnon says the company has sampled many cups over the years, but are just not satisfied with the quality. Furthermore, Ms. McKinnon says, "to the degree that we can trace it back and figure it out, the coffees that we are buying are as fairly traded as we can identify."“

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