Overview of the FAIRTRADE Mark Application Procedures

The year 2012 marked an important milestone for the fair trade movement in Hong Kong. Since then, Fair Trade Hong Kong (FTHK) has officially joined Fairtrade International (FI), and became a Fairtrade Marketing Organization (FMO) of the region. We are authorized to grant and monitor the certification of the FAIRTRADEMark in Hong Kong, Macau and China.

If you are interested in adding FAIRTRADE Mark to your products and become one of our licensees, please refer to the following information below.

1. Ensure the Brand Ownership
   

   Applicants MUST BE the brand owner of the product. 

   
   
2. Check the Scope of Licencing
   

   Please make sure that the product you wish to label with the FAIRTRADE Mark belongs to our scope of licencing as posted below:

   
   
   
3. Check your Chain of Supply
   

   Please make sure that all your supply chain and raw materials for the products you wish to be licenced have to be certified by FLOCERT, an independent auditing organisation under FI. You may refer the uncertified part(s) of your supply chain to FLOCERT for certification. Visit https://www.flocert.net/ to know more about the procedures and fees required. You may also reform your supply chain, making sure that all of the parts are FLOCERT certified. Visit https://www.flocert.net/about-flocert/customer-search/ and search for certified suppliers or producers.

   
   
4. Fill in the Product Questionnaire
   

   Get in contact with Fair Trade Hong Kong, which is responsible for handling product applications from companies registered in Hong Kong, Macau and China. Fill in and submit the Product Questionnaire to FTHK. The Questionnaire concerns about the company information, products, recipes, supply chains and possible exceptions. It will then be sent, by FTHK, to FI, for verifications. FI will verify compliance with the applicable requirements of the Trader Standard.

   
   
5. Signing of the Licence Contract
   

   Once the application is approved, a Licence Contract will be signed by both the FI representative, andthe applicants. This establishes the terms, conditions and qualification of using the FAIRTRADE Mark. 

   
   
6. Fairtrade International sets up a CONNECT Account for the licensee
   

   CONNECT is an online platform for the licensee to update FTHK and FI about the certified Fairtrade products’ information. A CONNECT account will be set up for the licensee after signing the Licence Contract. Please upload recipes, supply chains, countries of sales and product design with The FAIRTRADE Mark to CONNECT. The company will be informed once the product designs are approved by FI. The licensee may then have permission to apply the FAIRTRADE Mark on the licensed products. Please note that the products’ sales records have to be uploaded to CONNECT every quarter of the year.

    

   For any enquiry, please contact us at

   Tel: 3705 2488

   Email: info@fairtradehk.org