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What happens after you send us an RFQ: samples, inspection, contract
Where your request actually goes, what the reference on it does and does not mean, and the three stages between a quotation and a signed contract.
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News, market information and updates
Company announcements, harvest and sourcing updates, product and packaging developments, export opportunities and commentary on the agricultural trade.
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Agricultural Market Information
EXW, FOB or CIF: choosing an Incoterm for agricultural imports from East Africa
The trade term decides who books the freight, who insures the cargo, where the risk passes and which two prices you can honestly compare. A practical read for a buyer choosing one.
Product Updates
Cloves from Zanzibar: grades and export documentation
Hand-picked selected against fair average quality, what volatile oil and headless percentages tell a buyer, and the paperwork a regulated origin adds to a spice consignment.
Product Updates
Sesame seeds from Tanzania: purity grades explained
98%, 99%, 99.5% sortex, crushing grade — what the purity figure actually measures, who buys which grade, and why asking for the highest one is not always the right move.
Product Updates
Delta Valencia oranges: what to specify when ordering a 40 ft reefer
A reefer booking is a list of decisions, not a single line on a purchase order. Variety, grade, carton count, fruit size, temperature regime and discharge port all have to be named.
Export Opportunities
Sourcing fresh strawberries from Tanzania for Gulf retail: airfreight and cold chain
A short-life, high-value line that is quoted only against confirmed availability and confirmed cargo space. What a Gulf retail buyer should agree before the first flight.
Export Opportunities
Tanzanian pigeon peas for India: season, specifications and shipping
What a dal miller should put in the enquiry: crop year, colour, whole or split, the cleaning specification, and the discharge port the quotation is built to.
Export Opportunities
How to import rice from Tanzania: grades, packaging and Incoterms
The four things a first-time importer settles before a price can be quoted: which milled grade, what the quality figures mean, how the rice is packed, and which Incoterm the order is bought on.
Harvest Updates
Harvest-season sourcing: how we plan our aggregation windows
Every crop calendar shifts a little from one season to the next. Here is how our sourcing team plans aggregation windows, intake checks and warehouse space around the harvest.
Product Updates
Packaging and private labelling: what a buyer can specify
Packaging is rarely an afterthought for a serious buyer. A look at the pack formats, materials and labelling decisions that get settled before an order is confirmed.
Trade Fair Participation
How we prepare for an agricultural trade exhibition
Trade fairs remain one of the most direct routes to serious buyers. A note on how we approach exhibition preparation — from sample selection to the follow-up that decides whether it was worth it.
Export Opportunities
Export documentation: what typically accompanies a shipment
Documentation delays cause more problems at destination than quality issues do. An overview of the paperwork that commonly accompanies an agricultural commodity export.
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