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History of the IGPA |
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The Pepperers' Guild (later to become the Grocers' Company, one
of the Great Guilds of London) was founded probably in 1180. The
formation and
expansion of the British, Dutch, Portuguese,
Spanish and French Empires were in part an attempt to obtain direct
sources of supply
of exotic Spices, Drugs, Fibres, Dyes and the
like, which is now known as "General Produce". |
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In September 1599, “The Company of Merchant Adventurers” Trading in the East Indies was incorporated. In 1876, “The General Produce Brokers' Association of London” was
founded by a group of Brokers who met in the Subscription Rooms of the
London Commercial Sales Rooms in Mincing Lane in order to regularise
the trade.
In the 1970s', with communications becoming ever easier,
decisions were made to remove the difference between
Brokers and Associates,
the title
of
the Association becoming the "General Produce Association of London".
In 1985, it was decided to remove the geographic designation
from the name of the Association and represent its
title as "International
General Produce Association".
In 1990, the Association was incorporated as a limited
company. |
