Meeting with Lata Enterprise

On 24 January morning, we met with Lata Enterprise based in Bhavna, which is 95km from Tiruppur City. They are involved in weaving and also making products for different exporters based in Tiruppur. They have employed more than 100 women in the weaving section which is located few km from their office and work on export and domestic orders. We could not visit the weaving centre as we have plans to visit other suppliers in the afternoon.

They do not have a website or a blog. Even though they are not a member of any fair trade organizations, they participate in trade fairs organized by the Government. The enterprise is run by a couple who neither speaks English or Hindi. They only speak their native language i.e. Tamil which we did not speak. They do not have any information on fair trade standards and have no plans to become its member.
We bought some samples for our Sweden fair trade office in different colors i.e. black, green, white dyed jute and untreated jute. I have included two pictures.

Tsering Youdon
Far Trade Coordinator