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Grains & Legumes
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Scope · Grains, Cereals and Legumes
NIB 1408260055631 · KBLI 46100 — wholesale trade on a fee or contract basis
In brief
The range runs from milling and feed wheat, yellow maize, barley and sorghum to long-grain white and parboiled rice, soybeans and soybean meal, and pulses — chickpeas, red and green lentils, yellow and green peas and faba beans. Each contract names crop year and origin and sets out the full quality schedule: protein, moisture, test weight, foreign matter, broken and damaged kernels, admixture and, for milling wheat, falling number and wet gluten. Tolerances, and how the price moves with protein and moisture, are fixed in writing before loading.
Origins are chosen on crop quality and on freight to the destination — for Asian buyers that typically means Australian, North American and Black Sea wheat, South American soybean meal and rice from mainland Southeast and South Asia. We contract on GAFTA and FOSFA standard forms, for instance GAFTA 49 for FOB and GAFTA 100 for CIF, with arbitration under GAFTA No. 125. On request an independent surveyor (SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek or the buyer's nominee) samples, analyses and certifies weight at the load port. Mycotoxin, pesticide-residue and GMO testing is done before loading where the destination sets limits, and a sealed sample is kept for the life of the contract.
Cargo moves as bulk vessel parcels, in containers with food-grade liners, or in 25 kg and 50 kg bags on pallets. Holds and containers are checked for cleanliness, dryness, odour, infestation and residue of earlier cargo before anything goes in. Phytosanitary certificates and fumigation follow the importing country's plant-protection rules — those of Barantin for Indonesia — and in-transit fumigation is used only where carrier and destination both allow it.
Where it is used
- Flour milling and bakery, with wheat bought on stated protein and falling number
- Compound feed for poultry, aquaculture and livestock from maize, feed wheat, sorghum and soybean meal
- Repacking and retail distribution of rice and pulses under the buyer's own brand
- Institutional, catering and government-tender supply on a fixed quality schedule
- Pulse processing — splitting, polishing, canning, and snack and dal production
- Malting and brewing barley that meets germination and screening requirements
Markets we ship to
- Indonesia — flour mills, feed mills and distributors on Java and Sumatra
- Malaysia and Singapore
- The Philippines and Vietnam
- Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
- Timor-Leste and the Pacific islands
- East Asia
Product lines
Grades, typical analyses and pack formats
Typical figures, published so a buyer can check the fit before getting in touch. The binding values and tolerances are the ones written into our offer.
01
Milling Wheat — 12.5% Protein
Bread wheat priced on protein, test weight and falling number — the figures a mill really buys on. Other protein levels are available by origin and crop year.
Packaging
- Bulk vessel parcels
- Bulk-in-container with food-grade liner
- 50 kg PP woven bags
- 1,000 kg jumbo bags (FIBC)
| Protein | 12.5% min on 12% moisture basis; 11.5% and 13.5% grades available |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 13.5% max |
| Test weight | 77–79 kg/hl min, by origin and grade |
| Foreign matter and damage | Foreign matter 2% max; damaged kernels 2% max; shrivelled and broken 5% max |
| Baking parameters | Wet gluten 24–28% min; falling number 220–250 s min; sedimentation value stated by origin |
| HS Code | 1001.99 |
02
Feed Wheat, Barley and Sorghum
Feed grains for compound feed and livestock rations, offered with mycotoxin limits taken from the destination's own feed rules.
Packaging
- Bulk vessel parcels
- Bulk-in-container with liner
- 50 kg PP woven bags
| Feed wheat | Protein 10.5% min; moisture 14% max; test weight 72 kg/hl min |
|---|---|
| Barley | Moisture 14% max; test weight 62–64 kg/hl min; foreign matter 2% max; feed and malting grades |
| Sorghum | Moisture 13.5% max; foreign matter 2% max; white tannin-free and red grades quoted separately |
| Mycotoxins | Aflatoxin B1 and total, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone and ochratoxin A to the destination's feed limits, tested at load port |
| HS Code | 1001.99 (wheat); 1003.90 (barley); 1007.90 (sorghum) |
03
Yellow Maize — Feed Grade
Yellow corn for feed, with aflatoxin certified at the load port and GMO status stated by origin. Identity-preserved non-GM cargo is available where the buyer needs it.
Packaging
- Bulk vessel parcels
- Bulk-in-container with liner
- 50 kg PP woven bags
| Moisture | 14% max; 14.5% accepted from some origins against a stated price adjustment scale |
|---|---|
| Test weight | 70–72 kg/hl min |
| Foreign matter and broken | Foreign matter 2% max; broken kernels 4–5% max |
| Damaged kernels | Total damaged 5% max, of which heat damaged 0.5% max |
| Aflatoxin | Total aflatoxin 20 ppb max for feed use; tighter limits met on request and certified at load port |
| HS Code | 1005.90 |
04
Long-Grain White Rice — 5% Broken
Long-grain white rice, double polished and sortex cleaned. Price turns on the broken percentage, chalky grain content and crop year.
Packaging
- 50 kg PP woven bags
- 25 kg printed BOPP laminated bags
- 5 kg and 10 kg retail bags in cartons
- 1,000 kg jumbo bags (FIBC)
| Broken | 5% max; 10%, 15% and 25% grades also traded |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 14% max |
| Grain dimensions | Average length 6.8 mm min, with a length-to-width ratio above 3 for long grain |
| Purity | Chalky grains 6% max; damaged and yellow kernels 1% max; foreign matter 0.1% max; paddy 15 grains/kg max |
| Processing | Double polished and sortex cleaned; crop year and milling degree stated on the contract |
| HS Code | 1006.30 |
05
Parboiled Rice — 5% Broken
Fully parboiled rice in sella and golden sella styles. Colour depends on how the paddy was steamed and dried, so it is fixed against an approved sample.
Packaging
- 50 kg PP woven bags
- 25 kg printed BOPP laminated bags
- 5 kg and 10 kg retail bags in cartons
| Broken | 5% max; 10% and 15% grades available |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 14% max |
| Processing | Fully parboiled, single or double polished; sella and golden sella distinguished by the steaming and drying regime |
| Purity | Chalky and unhusked grains stated per grade; foreign matter 0.1% max |
| Colour | Uniform light amber, fixed against a buyer-approved sample rather than a description |
| HS Code | 1006.30 |
06
Soybeans and Soybean Meal
Soybeans for crushing and hi-pro or standard meal for feed formulation, on FOSFA forms, with urease activity reported to confirm the heat treatment.
Packaging
- Bulk vessel parcels
- Bulk-in-container with liner
- 50 kg PP woven bags
- 1,000 kg jumbo bags (FIBC) for meal
| Soybeans | Protein 34–36% min; oil 18% min; moisture 13–14% max; foreign matter 2% max; splits 20% max |
|---|---|
| Soybean meal | Protein 46% min hi-pro or 44%; crude fibre 3.5–7% max; fat 1.5% min; moisture 12.5% max; ash 7% max |
| Urease activity | 0.05–0.30 as increase in pH, indicating adequate but not excessive heat treatment |
| Contract basis | FOSFA standard forms for oilseeds and meals, with sampling and analysis to the method named in the contract |
| HS Code | 1201.90 (soybeans); 2304.00 (soybean meal) |
07
Pulses — Chickpeas, Lentils, Peas and Faba Beans
Pulses that are machine cleaned, gravity separated and colour sorted, priced by calibre or type, moisture and defects, with crop year declared.
Packaging
- 25 kg and 50 kg PP woven bags
- 25 kg printed BOPP laminated bags
- 1,000 kg jumbo bags (FIBC)
- 1 kg and 5 kg retail units in cartons
| Chickpeas | Kabuli 7–12 mm calibre with counts per ounce stated; moisture 12% max; admixture 1% max; defective 2% max |
|---|---|
| Lentils | Red split and whole, green and Laird types; moisture 13% max; foreign matter 0.5% max |
| Peas | Yellow and green, whole and split; moisture 14% max; total defects 2% max; bleached grains stated for green peas |
| Faba beans | Small and large seeded; moisture 13% max; insect-damaged 1–2% max |
| Processing | Machine cleaned, gravity separated and colour sorted, with metal detection where the buyer's food safety scheme requires it |
| HS Code | 0713.20 (chickpeas); 0713.40 (lentils); 0713.10 (peas); 0713.50 (faba beans) |
Shipping & paperwork
How the cargo is packed, priced and documented
Packaging & stowage
- Export bagging is usually 25 kg or 50 kg PP woven bags at 20–26 t per container; printed BOPP laminated bags carry retail rice and pulses to artwork approved by the buyer.
- Bulk-in-container loads use a food-grade liner and bulkhead, plus a discharge sleeve where the receiver tips containers.
- Timber pallets are heat treated and stamped to ISPM 15; where timber is restricted, slip sheets or one-way plastic pallets replace them.
- Holds and containers are inspected for cleanliness, dryness, odour and pests before loading, and desiccant is added on long tropical voyages to limit condensation damage.
- Bag marks give product, grade, crop year, net weight, lot, origin and, where required, the importer's registration details, halal mark and country-of-origin statement.
Incoterms we use
- FOB — bulk parcels and containers on the buyer's nominated vessel or booking, with laytime and demurrage as set in contract and charter.
- CFR — the normal basis for containerised rice, pulses and bagged grain into Indonesian, ASEAN and South Asian ports.
- CIF — CFR plus marine insurance; ICC (C) is the Incoterms 2020 minimum for CIF, and food cargo is often insured more widely.
- FAS — bulk parcels lifted from alongside or by barge at the loading port.
- DAP — delivery to a flour mill, feed mill or warehouse, with import clearance and duties for the buyer.
Documents supplied
- Commercial invoice and packing list with crop year, grade and HS code on each line
- Bill of lading, or charter party bill of lading with the charter for bulk parcels
- Certificate of origin, legalised where the destination requires it
- IPPC-format phytosanitary certificate from the exporting country's national plant protection organisation
- Fumigation certificate giving fumigant, dose, exposure time and temperature; in-transit fumigation only where allowed
- Independent certificate of quality, analysis and weight at load port, with a draft survey report for bulk
- Health or free-sale certificate, halal certificate and non-GMO declaration where the destination calls for them
- Insurance certificate on CIF sales, and a hold or container cleanliness certificate
For producers
Supplying this division
Exporters, mills and processors holding export-ready tonnage are invited to send specification, crop year, load port and monthly capacity. We work from independent analysis and a sealed sample, not from indicative figures.
Start an enquiry
Give us the grade and the port. We will return origins, terms and a firm price.
Quantity, destination, delivery window and the specification you buy against are enough to begin. Where a product falls outside our book, we tell you plainly instead of offering a substitute.
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