International Fur Federation

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The International Fur Federation (IFF) , until October 2013 the International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF) , is the only organization that represents the fur industry internationally and regulates its practices and trade. The office is located in London. In 2019 the World Fur Association represented 56 member associations worldwide. He promotes the fur business and sets up certification and traceability programs for the fur. He engages with young designers and retailers interested in fur and fashion. The members include all areas of the fur industry , including breeders , trappers , auction houses, brokers , fur traders , commission agents , finishers , garment manufacturers , furriers , retailers and designers.

IFF mandate

Office of the Greek Fur Organization in Kastoria , still with the old logo "IFTF" (2014)

According to a self-image published in 2010, the International Fur Federation has the task of

"1. To give advice and assistance to members to ensure that an international network for the fur industry is maintained. "
"2. To assist in the coordination of industry interests at the political level and to act as a liaison with governments, official authorities and institutions, including those of the EU. "
"3. to communicate an objective picture of today's fur industry to the media, opinion leaders and politicians, as well as to serve as a contact point for further information, in particular for the current fashion trends. "
"4. To encourage young fashion designers to work with fur and to promote an understanding of the role of fur in fashion in the international media, fashion schools and educational institutions. "
"6. to support ongoing research into the welfare of fur animals kept on farms, as well as developments in species-appropriate trapping. "
"7. To support nature conservation projects related to fur animals. "

organization

In 2019 the IFF comprised 56 members from a little over 40 countries. These are organizations that represent trade associations or breeder organizations in their country. The IFF is divided into four regions, Europe, America, Asia and Eurasia. Each region has a regional director who works closely with the IFF office. All members of the International Fur Federation have signed a code of conduct stating that they will observe and comply with the relevant rules and / or regulations of their country / region with regard to: animal welfare, environmental standards, labor laws, anti-cartel, anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, international conventions including CITES . Each member has the right to send up to four national delegates to the IFF Council, which currently meets once a year. As of 2019

Any association of the fur industry can join the IFF, provided it fulfills the following conditions: “Any fur industry association whose business is not geared to profit, whose interests are limited to the trade in fur and / or products made from it and / or the processing thereof is entitled to join as a member… “Originally each country could appoint three members to the board, in October 2010 the board was reduced to seven elected members of the IFTF plus seven members of the auction houses.

Members of the International Fur Association receive advice and guidelines on trade issues, news on scientific, political and social developments, fashion and trends, and support for PR work. The IFF regularly organizes seminars and workshops for its members.

history

International Federation of Fur Industries

The forerunner of the International Fur Federation was the International Federation of the Fur Industries - Fédération Internationale de la Fourrure - International Federation of the Fur Industry , based in Leipzig.

In June 1930 the International Fur Exhibition (IPA) took place in Leipzig , and with it the first and probably the only remaining world fur congress . The most important result of the congress was the establishment of an international fur industry association for the first time. On June 26, 1930, the German tobacco merchant Fritz Hollender, chairman of the working group of the German fur industry , was unanimously elected president . He was supported by a committee made up of leading personalities in the fur industry who worked together to draft the association's constitution.

The most important task topics for the association were questions of the protection of creditors , the arbitration tribunal , customs problems, fur assortment and article names, the interests of furriers, the agency , fur finishing questions , the auction and trade fair system, the trade press, the worldwide advertising ("world propaganda"), measures against the double taxation of foreign branches, the scientific processing of the history of the fur industry, the collection of trade customs and an international regulation of the terms of payment.

The founding resolution was passed unanimously, with the exception of England, which abstained (London was one of the three major world trading centers at the time, alongside New York and Leipzig). Representatives from Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, England, Finland, France, Italy, Canada, Norway, Austria, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the United States of America were represented in the relevant commission. The Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland also joined the decision.

The Viennese furrier Alexander Tuma, who would have liked to see Vienna as the founding place and seat of the association, stated that the committees continued to work for a while and reported their results in the specialist press, but then it became increasingly quiet. He attributed a certain indifference on the part of foreign members to the fact that abroad showed a certain reserve towards the headquarters in Germany: “With the National Socialist regime, the bond then tore completely in two, so that the following World War II was not responsible for the breakdown of ties can be".

Philipp Manes , the publicist in the fur industry, wrote in 1941, during the war and before his kidnapping and murder in the concentration camp:

"In those many printed lectures [of the World Fur Congress], valuable detailed work is laid down, which would have been called to give the industry a foundation on which a generation of experts could have continued to build."
"It was not meant to be."
"But the results of the congress are not lost, the international association still exists formally, and when the pacified era resumes trade relations, it will have to begin its work to order the world fur trade, where we left off in 1930."

International Fur Federation (IFF)

The International Fur Federation was founded in 1949 on a Canadian initiative in London as the "International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF)", actually "a restart of the activities of the World Fur Federation after the war". In October 2013 the name was shortened to "International Fur Federation (IFF)". The world trade in fur had stalled almost completely during the Second World War and only started again very slowly in the first years after the war. There was chaos in many markets. The import and foreign exchange control measures were maintained by many states. Transportation was extremely limited, and shipping was difficult and slow. Therefore it was decided in the fur industry to join forces again internationally in order to solve the problems across national borders.

The German Tobacco Association has been a member of the then IFTF since it was re-established after the war. Its first president (chairman) was Ashley Patrick Cooper. Later German presidents were Dr. Otto Nauen (1958–1960), Jürgen Thorer (from 1970). Andreas Lenhart (* 1941) resigned in 2011 after 39 years from the board of the global industry association IFTF - International Fur Trade Federation, which he has chaired for the last nine years. Johannes Manakas, who has been a member of the board since 2013, was elected chairman for four years in 2015 in Frankfurt am Main. Austria was temporarily represented by Robert Liska and later by Aron Liska.

Member companies in 2019

  • Afghanistan: Karakul Institute
  • Argentina: Federación Argentina de Comercionalización e Industrialización de la Fauna (FACIF); Chinchilla Industry Council (CIC)
  • Belarus: Belpushnina
  • Belgium: Belgische Bontfederatie VZW
  • Brazil: ACHILA
  • China: China Fur Commission; Young Entrepreneurs Fur Committee Huasi Agricultural Development Co Ltd .; China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce & Animal By-Products; China Animal Products Marketing Association
  • Denmark: Copenhagen Fur; Dansk Pelsgrossistforening
  • Germany: Deutscher Pelz-Groß- und Aussenhandelsverband e. V.
  • Dubai: Dubai Fur Trade Association
  • Estonia: Estonian Fur Association
  • Finland: Fur Finland
  • France: Association La Fourrure Française
  • Greece: Hellenic Fur Federation
  • Great Britain: British Fur Trade Association
  • Hong Kong: Hong Kong Fur Federation; International Fur Brokers Association Ltd. (associated)
  • Ireland: Irish Fur Breeders' Association
  • Iceland: Icelandic Fur Trade Association
  • Italy: Associazione Italiana Pellicceria
  • Japan: Japan Fur Association
  • Canada: Fur Institute of Canada; For Council of Canada; Canada Mink Breeders Association; The North American Wild Fur Shippers Council (Associate)
  • Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Fur Trade and Industrial Association
  • Malaysia: FURASMAL - Fur Association Malaysia
  • Namibia: Karakul Board of Namibia
  • New Zealand: New Zealand Fur Council Incorporated
  • Netherlands: Netherlands Bont Instituut
  • Norway: Pelsinform; Norges Pelsdyralslag
  • Austria: Federal Committee for Agricultural Trade
  • Poland: Stowarzyszenie Futrzarzy Polskich
  • Romania: Inda M Com SRL
  • Russia: Russian Fur Union; AC “Sojuzpushnina” Ltd.
  • Sweden: Swedish Fur Breeders' Association
  • Switzerland: SwissFur
  • Slovakia: Asociácia Kozusnikov Slovenska
  • Slovenia: Chamber of Craft and Small Businesses Section of Furriers and Tanners
  • Spain: Spanish Fur Association (SFA)
  • South Korea: Korea Fur Industry Cooperative
  • Czech Republic: Česka kožešinová asociace zs (Czech Fur Association)
  • Turkey: KSIAD (Fur Industrialists & Businessmen Association)
  • Taiwan: Taiwan Textile Federation
  • Ukraine: Ukrainian Association of Furriers
  • Hungary: Hungarian Fur Trade Association
  • USA: Fur Information Council of America; Fur Commission USA; American Legend Cooperative
  • Supraregional: International Dressers & Dyers Association (IFDDA)

Web links

Commons : International Fur Federation  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d www.wearefur.com . Homepage of the International Fur Federation. Last accessed on July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ A b International Fur Trade Federation . In: Pelzmarkt, Newsletter of the German Fur Association , November 2010, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 2–3.
  3. ↑ a b Christian Franke / Johanna Kroll: Jury Fränkel 's Rauchwaren-Handbuch 1988/89 . 10th revised and expanded edition. Rifra-Verlag, Murrhardt 1988, p. 476-478 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Philipp Manes : The German fur industry and its associations 1900-1940, attempt at a story . Berlin 1941 Volume 3. Copy of the original manuscript, pp. 84–93 ( → table of contents ).
  5. ↑ Alexander Tuma: Pelz-Lexikon. Fur and Rough Goods, Volume XXI . Alexander Tuma, Vienna 1951, p. 260 , keyword "World Fur Congress Leipzig, 1930" .
  6. ^ Philipp Manes : The German fur industry and its associations 1900-1940, attempt at a story . Berlin 1941 Volume 4. Copy of the original manuscript, p. 372; ( → Table of Contents ).
  7. ↑ Baran: World Fur Association - International Fur Trade Federation . In: Das Pelzgewerbe 1961 No. 4, Hermelin-Verlag Dr. Paul Schöps, Berlin et al., P. 177.
  8. ↑ Annual General Meeting of IFTF on 9 October in London . In: Pelzmarkt Newsletter , November 2013, pp. 2–3.
  9. ^ Willi Treusch: Mass and association chronicle of 25 years . Manuscript, G. & C. Franke Collection, Murrhardt, p. 9.
  10. ^ Birthday of Andreas Lenhart . In: Pelzmarkt Newsletter , November 2016, p. 9.
  11. ↑ Johannes Manakas - New Chairman of IFF . In: Pelzmarkt Newsletter , November 2015, pp. 4–5.
  12. ↑ EFBA / IFTF Joint Working Committee 2006/07 . In: Annual Report to the 58th Annual General Meeting of the International Fur Trade Federation to be Held in Helsinki on Friday 7th September 2007 , In: Winckelmann Pelzmarkt , Attachment E.