East Timor achieved independence in 2002 and has since then increasingly becoming an exporter of products such as plants, furniture, coffee, gold and jewelry, soap, organic vegetables as well as coconut oil and salt.
Co-operatives from East Timor have had a crucial role in restoring the country’s economy and civil society. The co-operative movement has become East Timor’s largest private sector employer and exporter, making up the most important income generating activity in the country outside the public sector. It is also an important employer of women in the capital city Dili; women work hand-sorting and grading the coffee beans. Positive results from these co-operative efforts are also seen in East Timor’s countryside.
East-Timorese co-operatives will participate in ICA ExpoCoop and showcase organic products as well as their famous hand-made cloth weaving and textiles. Their high quality co-operative products are already reaching demanding markets in USA, Europe and Japan.•
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