Commodities from India

Dried ginger (Zingiber officinale) — whole, split or sliced, bleached or unbleached, from India, Nigeria and China.

Dried red chillies — varieties such as Teja S17, Sannam S4 and Byadgi — sold with or without stems and specified by ASTA colour and pungency (SHU), from India and China.

Cumin seed (Cuminum cyminum), machine-cleaned to 98–99.5 % purity in Singapore or Europe quality, from India and Turkey.

Coriander seed (Coriandrum sativum), whole and machine-cleaned, specified by purity, colour and split share, from India, Morocco and Ukraine.

Fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare), machine-cleaned and graded by purity and green colour, from India and Egypt.

Fenugreek seed (Trigonella foenum-graecum), whole and machine-cleaned, from India, Egypt and Ethiopia.

Frozen squid — whole, cleaned tubes, rings and tentacles — by species and size, from China, Peru, Argentina and India.

Mace — the dried aril around the nutmeg seed — sold as whole or broken blades by colour, from Indonesia, Grenada and India.

Sesame seed (Sesamum indicum), natural or hulled, white or mixed, specified by purity (98–99.95 %) and oil content, from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania and India.

Fresh mature coconuts, husked or semi-husked, and trimmed young coconuts — priced per nut or per container and specified by weight and age — from Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Coco peat (coir pith) blocks and grow bags, husk chips and coir fibre for horticulture and industry — washed or buffered to a low EC — from India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Table grapes — seedless white, red and black varieties — by UNECE class, berry size and Brix, from Peru, South Africa, Chile, India and Egypt.

Mangoes — Kent, Keitt, Tommy Atkins, Alphonso and more — by count per 4 kg box, shipped by sea or air, from Peru, Brazil, India and Pakistan.

Shelled groundnuts (peanuts) — blanched and raw kernels by count per ounce — from India (Gujarat), Argentina (Córdoba), Sudan and Nigeria.

Fresh pomegranates — Wonderful, Bhagwa and other varieties — by size and colour, from India, Turkey, Spain and Peru.

Fresh dry onions — red, yellow and white — by size in millimetres and pack, from India, Egypt, the Netherlands and Pakistan.

Milled white rice — Thai 5% broken, Indian and Pakistani non-basmati and basmati, Vietnamese long grain — in bulk and bags.

Screen-graded robusta green coffee — full body and crema, the workhorse base for espresso blends and instant.

Frozen farmed shrimp (vannamei and black tiger) — HOSO, HLSO, PD and PUD by count — from Ecuador (Guayas), India (Andhra Pradesh), Vietnam (Mekong Delta) and Indonesia.

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) as dried fingers, bulbs or powder, specified by curcumin content — from India (Erode), Indonesia and Vietnam.

Almandine garnet abrasive, mesh-graded — hard, low-dust and reusable, for waterjet cutting and blasting.

Natural mica — sheet, flake and ground (muscovite and phlogopite) — from India (Jharkhand), Madagascar and China, with responsible-sourcing checks.

Cane and beet molasses in bulk or flexitank, specified by Brix, total sugars (TSAI) and ash, from India, Thailand, Pakistan and Egypt.

Castor oil — commercial First Special Grade (FSG), BSS, pale pressed and pharmaceutical grades, plus hydrogenated castor oil — mainly from India (Gujarat).

Sesame oil — cold-pressed, refined and toasted — specified by FFA, colour and aroma, from India, Myanmar and China.

Feed meals and by-products — de-oiled rice bran, copra meal and palm kernel expeller (PKE) — specified by protein, fat and fibre, from India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia.

Barite (barium sulphate) — drilling grade to API 13A (specific gravity 4.1 or 4.2) as lumps or ground, plus chemical and filler grades — from India, Morocco and China.

Bentonite clay — sodium (natural or activated) and calcium — for drilling, foundry, iron-ore pelletising, cat litter and civil engineering, from India, Turkey and Greece.

Kaolin (china clay) — hydrous and calcined grades for paper, ceramics, paint and rubber — specified by brightness, particle size and iron content, from India, Vietnam and Brazil.

Silica sand — glass, foundry, filtration and frac grades — specified by SiO₂ purity, iron content and grain size, from India, Vietnam and Malaysia.

Feldspar — potash and soda types for ceramics and glass — specified by K₂O/Na₂O content, iron and mesh, from Turkey, India and Egypt.

Raw jute and jute yarn — white and tossa (golden) grades — for sacking, hessian and composites, from Bangladesh and India.

Crude and refined coconut oil (CNO, RBD) from the Philippines, Indonesia, India (Kerala) and Sri Lanka.

Black and green tea in bulk — CTC and orthodox grades from India (Assam), Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Kenya and China.

Whole black peppercorns from the Central Highlands of Vietnam, graded to 500 g/l bulk density. Sun-dried, machine-cleaned and shipped with origin documents — the standard workhorse grade for food processing and spice blends.

Raw cane sugar (VHP) and refined white sugar (ICUMSA 45) from Brazil, India, Thailand and Guatemala.

Whole nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), shelled and graded by count per kilo, from Indonesia (Sulawesi, Moluccas), Grenada and India (Kerala).

Graded cashew kernels (W-grades) — machine-shelled, food-grade, for snacking, bakery and confectionery.

Raw cotton lint by staple, micronaire and strength — from India (Gujarat), the US (Texas), Brazil (Mato Grosso) and Turkey (Aegean).

Green cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) in whole pods, graded by capsule size in millimetres, from Guatemala, India (Kerala) and Sri Lanka.