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Commodity Trading

Commodity Trading

We buy from established producers and deliver to contract specification, with inspection, trade finance, documentation and freight managed from Muscat.

Overview

Our trading practice supplies the materials that construction, infrastructure, industry and food security depend on. Twelve commodity desks source from established mills, refineries, smelters, quarries and growers, and deliver to buyers in Oman, the wider GCC, East Africa and South Asia.

The range runs from steel, cement, clinker and bitumen for builders, through sulfur, polymers and fertilizers for industry and farming, to non-ferrous metals, industrial minerals, petroleum products and staple foods. Every contract is backed by independent inspection, documents prepared to match the letter of credit and freight booked with vetted owners.

What sets the desk apart is the rest of the company. Our fintech team structures payment and settlement, our technology team keeps the documents and tracking in one record, and our cybersecurity team protects the payment instructions that fraudsters target. A buyer deals with one accountable counterparty from enquiry to discharge.

What we trade

Each desk has its own sourcing network, specifications and shipping pattern. Open a desk for grades, standards, packing and typical lot sizes.

Trade services

Everything a cargo needs between the producer and your warehouse, handled by one team and one contract.

Sourcing and procurement

Supply secured from producers we have vetted, at prices you can check.

Producer network
Mills, refineries, smelters, quarries and growers in the GCC, Asia, Africa and the Black Sea, audited for capacity, quality and compliance.
Term and spot contracts
Single cargoes, monthly programmes or annual offtake, with volume and price formulas that match your consumption.
Benchmark pricing
Offers indexed to published benchmarks so every price can be verified against the market.
Tenders and government supply
Bid preparation, bonds and compliant documentation for public and project tenders.

Quality, inspection and certification

What arrives is what the contract says.

Pre-shipment inspection
Independent quantity and quality inspection at the load port, with sampling witnessed by the buyer if required.
Laboratory analysis
Chemical and physical testing against the agreed standard before the cargo is released.
Draft survey and tally
Quantity confirmed by draft survey for bulk and by tally and weighbridge for bagged cargo.
Certificates
Origin, phytosanitary, halal, health, fumigation and conformity certificates for each destination.

Trade finance and payments

Structured with partner banks and settled through our fintech practice.

Letters of credit
Sight and usance documentary credits issued, advised and confirmed through partner banks.
Guarantees and SBLC
Standby letters of credit, advance-payment and performance guarantees to secure both sides.
Collections and open account
Documentary collections, cash against documents and open-account terms for established relationships.
Receivables and FX
Receivables finance, credit insurance and currency conversion arranged with licensed institutions.

Shipping and chartering

We charter and book the vessel to suit the cargo, the port and the window.

Dry bulk chartering
Voyage charters on handysize, supramax and ultramax tonnage for cargoes of 5,000 to 60,000 tonnes.
Tankers and liquids
Parcels on product and chemical tankers, plus ISO tanks and flexitanks for smaller lots.
Break-bulk and containers
Steel, bagged cargo and project goods on multipurpose vessels, and FCL bookings worldwide.
Marine insurance
Cargo cover on Institute Cargo Clauses (A), with claims handled for you.

Ports, customs and inland delivery

From the quay in Oman to the customer's gate anywhere in the GCC.

Port operations
Stevedoring, loading supervision and port agency at Sohar, Duqm and Salalah.
Customs clearance
Export and import clearance in Oman and coordination with brokers at destination.
Free zones and warehousing
Storage, bagging and call-off delivery from bonded and free-zone warehouses.
Road delivery
Trucking within Oman and across the border to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Documentation and compliance

Clean documents and clean counterparties.

Shipping documents
Bills of lading, invoices, packing lists and certificates prepared to match the credit first time.
Sanctions and KYC
Counterparty, vessel and cargo screening before every contract.
Origin and trade rules
Rules of origin and preferential certificates under GCC and bilateral trade agreements.
Contracts
Sale contracts on recognised terms, with clear specification, tolerance and dispute clauses.

Project and industrial supply

Bundled supply for builders, plants and public projects.

Construction packages
Steel, cement, bitumen and aggregates scheduled together against a project programme.
Plant feedstock
Regular supply of clinker, gypsum, coke, sulfur and minerals to keep plants running.
Consignment stock
Stock held near the customer and invoiced on draw-down to reduce working capital.

Digital trade

Built with our fintech and technology practices.

Electronic documents
Electronic bills of lading and digital document sets where carriers and banks accept them.
One trade record
Contract, inspection, documents, payment and shipment status in one shared record.
Cargo tracking
Vessel and container tracking from loading to discharge, shared with the buyer.
Tokenized trade finance
Blockchain-based records of title and receivables, deployed only with regulated partners.

Risk management

Price, credit and delivery risk handled before they become losses.

Price risk
Fixed, floating and average pricing, with hedging through licensed brokers where markets allow.
Credit risk
Credit insurance, guarantees and confirmed credits to protect both buyer and seller.
Delivery risk
Back-up origins, vetted owners and contingency plans for port and weather delays.

From enquiry to settlement

  1. Enquiry and specification

    We confirm grade, quantity, destination, delivery window and payment terms, and screen every party.

  2. Offer and contract

    A firm offer against benchmark pricing, followed by a contract on recognised terms.

  3. Finance and documents

    Letter of credit or guarantee agreed with the banks, and the document set planned before loading.

  4. Inspection and loading

    Independent inspection, loading supervision and freight booked with vetted carriers.

  5. Shipment and settlement

    Documents presented in order, the vessel tracked to discharge, and payment settled.

Rules and terms we trade under

  • Incoterms® 2020
  • UCP 600
  • eUCP 2.1
  • ISBP 821
  • URC 522
  • URDG 758
  • ISP98
  • BIMCO charter forms
  • Institute Cargo Clauses (A)
  • GAFTA and FOSFA contracts

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