Products

Ten lines, bought to order

We focus on the sectors that the region actually consumes and builds with. Tell us the specification and the quantity and we will price it delivered.

What we supply

Product lines

Sacks of rice, sugar and pulses in bulk

Food Stuffs

Rice, sugar, wheat flour, pasta and pulses bought in bulk for wholesalers and repackers. We quote by grade and origin so you can compare like for like, and we hold stock in the free zone when you want to call it forward in part loads.

Origin. Asia and Brazil, by grade and price
Packing. 25kg and 50kg bags, palletised or loose
Refined edible cooking oil in containers

Edible Oils

Refined palm cooking oil, our longest running line. We buy direct from mills and keep two sourcing countries so supply holds when export rules change in one of them.

Origin. Indonesia, Malaysia
Packing. 20L jerrycans, 210kg drums, flexitanks
Industrial chemical drums and processing plant

Industrial Chemicals

Soap noodles, detergent raw material and general industrial chemicals for soap and detergent plants. Specification sheets travel with every shipment.

Origin. Indonesia, Malaysia, China
Packing. 25kg bags and drums, palletised
Steel reinforcement bar and construction materials

Construction Materials

Reinforcement bar, steel sections, cement and finishing material for contractors and builders' merchants. Ordered against your bill of quantities.

Origin. China, Brazil
Packing. Bundled, banded or palletised
Excavator and heavy earthmoving machinery

Heavy Machinery

Excavators, loaders, agricultural and factory equipment. Oversized units move as breakbulk, and we handle the paperwork that comes with them.

Origin. China, Brazil
Packing. Crated, or breakbulk when oversized
Rolled aluminium and steel coil stock

Metals and Aluminium

Steel and aluminium coil, sheet and profile for fabricators and roofing plants. Bought to your gauge, width and coating.

Origin. China
Packing. Coils strapped on flat racks, sheet in bundles
Pickup trucks and commercial vehicles

Automobiles

Pickups, light commercial vehicles and buses sourced to order. We confirm model year, specification and condition in writing before anything is bought.

Origin. China, Brazil, Dubai
Packing. RoRo, or containerised where it prices better
Engine and hydraulic spare parts on shelves

Spare Parts

Engine, hydraulic and undercarriage parts for the machinery and vehicles we supply, plus parts for fleets we did not sell. Small orders are consolidated in our name.

Origin. China, Brazil, Dubai
Packing. Boxed and consolidated, air freight when urgent
A container ship being worked alongside a container terminal, seen from above

Energy and Industrial

Lubricants, generators and solar power equipment for plants, farms and contractors working where the grid is unreliable. Quoted by rating and duty cycle, with the consumables that go with the unit.

Origin. China, Turkey, Dubai
Packing. Crated units, lubricants in drums and pails
Aerial view of warehouses, containers and trucks at the Djibouti free zone

Consumer Goods

Electronics, textiles and household merchandise for retailers and wholesalers. Ordered by the container against an agreed assortment, and held in the free zone until the season starts.

Origin. China, Dubai
Packing. Cartons, palletised or floor loaded
Where we buy

Our sourcing markets

We keep to markets we know. Each one supplies a different part of the range, and we have suppliers in each that we go back to.

China

Heavy machinery, factory equipment and spare parts. Also electronics, textiles, packaging and the consumables that go with the machines.

Indonesia

Refined palm cooking oil and soap noodles from mills, in drums, jerrycans and bags.

Malaysia

Palm oil and detergent raw material. A second source that keeps supply steady when Indonesian export rules change.

Singapore

A trading and transhipment base for oils and commodities, useful when a cargo needs to be picked up at short notice.

Brazil

Machinery, agricultural equipment and parts, plus food commodities when the price works better than Asia.

Dubai

Vehicles, spare parts, generators and general merchandise, close enough to ship quickly on smaller orders.

Trade lanes

What moves, how it is packed, how it travels

Product Palm cooking oil
Origin Indonesia, Malaysia
Packing 20L jerrycans, 210kg drums, flexitanks
Moves as Full container loads to Djibouti, then road
Product Soap noodles
Origin Indonesia, Malaysia
Packing 25kg bags, palletised or loose
Moves as Full or part container loads
Product Heavy machinery
Origin China, Brazil
Packing Crated, or breakbulk when oversized
Moves as Flat rack, open top or breakbulk vessel
Product Spare parts
Origin China, Brazil
Packing Boxed and consolidated in our name
Moves as Groupage container, air freight when urgent
Fishing boats drawn up on the stony shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti
Where we sell

Ethiopia first, then the neighbours

Ethiopia is the market we were built for. Goods clear Djibouti and go by road to the main trading and manufacturing towns. Buyers who take part loads keep the balance in our free zone stock.

Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, Adama, Dire Dawa, Hawassa and Mekelle. Wholesalers, soap and detergent plants, contractors and importers.
Somaliland and Somalia. Cooking oil and consumer goods re-exported from the free zone.
South Sudan. Machinery and parts, shipped on request.
The route

Sea, free zone, road

1

Loaded at origin

Containers sealed at the mill or the factory, with photographs and documents sent to you the same week.
2

Discharged at Djibouti

Cargo comes off at the Port of Djibouti and moves into the free zone under our licence.
3

Held or cleared

Stock stays duty suspended until you call it forward, in full or in part loads.
4

Trucked inland

On the corridor road to Addis Ababa and onward, delivered to your warehouse gate.
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