Federal Association of Wholesale, Foreign Trade, Services
The Federal Association of Wholesale, Foreign Trade, Services e. V. (BGA) is a German umbrella organization of associations in these branches of industry, based in Berlin . It was founded on March 29, 1949 by representatives from 40 associations as the general association of German wholesale and foreign trade. Today it has almost 70 member associations and represents around 125,000 companies with a turnover of more than 1,000 billion euros.
He represents the interests of German wholesale and foreign trade and the services sector. The BGA is one of the leading German associations and supports its members in professional, economic and socio-political issues. For this, as with all lobby associations, contacts with representatives of the Federal Government and the German Bundestag , as well as the Bundesrat, are essential.
Bureau
At the head of the association is the presidium with a president. This office has been held by the following people since 1949:
- Holger Bingmann (since 2017)
- Anton F. Börner (2000–2017)
- Michael Fuchs (1992-2001)
- Consul Klaus Richter (1984–1992)
- Consul Hans Hartwig (1977–1984)
- Consul Fritz Dietz (1963–1977)
- Otto Fricke and Consul Fritz Dietz (1952–1962)
- Kurt Rohde and Robert Margulies (1949–1951)
Main management
The operational business is managed by the main management. The current general manager of the BGA is Gerhard Handke.
Departments of the BGA
- Agricultural and environmental policy
- Foreign trade
- European politics
- Finance and taxes
- Policy Department
- Logistics and transport
- Press and public relations
- Law and Competition
- Tariff and social policy
Member associations
23 state and regional associations are subordinate to the BGA and 49 federal professional associations are affiliated as member associations. The professional associations are divided into four groups:
- Associations of the industrial B2B trade,
- Associations of consumer goods wholesalers (finished goods, food, non-food)
- Associations of the wholesale of food and agricultural products and
- Foreign trade associations.
The BGA is a member of EuroCommerce, the EU-wide trade association based in Brussels. In addition, the BGA, together with other central associations of German business, is the supporting association of the regional initiatives APA ( Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business ), NMI ( North Africa Middle East Initiative of German Business ), LAI (Latin America Initiative of German Business) and Member of other bodies at German, European and international level.
Positions
The BGA is one of the advocates of free world trade. He rejects protectionism .
Web links
- Official website
- Act big - make it big , the training side of wholesale and foreign trade
- Baden-Württemberg regional association: grosshandel-bw - Association for wholesale and foreign trade services in Baden-Württemberg e. V.