Shea Nut

SPECIFICATIONS:

Shea nut required for import:

· Free Fatty Acids (FFA) = less than or equal to 6%Shea Butter

· Moisture Content = less than or equal to 10%

· Oil Content = greater than or equal to 45%

· Latex = 4-10%

· Impurity= 0-2%

The oil content is the most crucial element of the shea nut as that component is an important ingredient in the composition of the butter that goes into Cocoa Butter Equivalents and other by-products.

If the oil content is higher and the FFA and moisture content is lower, then the exporter will receive a price premium.

Uses: Shea nuts are mainly use in the production of Shea Butter. Therefore all the uses of shea nuts are invariably embedded in the economic importance of Shea Butter.

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Bitter Kola

SPECIFICATIONS:

Shea nut required for import:

· Free Fatty Acids (FFA) = less than or equal to 6%Shea Butter

· Moisture Content = less than or equal to 10%

· Oil Content = greater than or equal to 45%

· Latex = 4-10%

· Impurity= 0-2%

If the oil content is higher and the FFA and moisture content is lower, then the exporter will receive a price premium.

Uses: Shea nuts are mainly use in the production of Shea Butter. Therefore all the uses of shea nuts are invariably embedded in the economic importance of Shea Butter.

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Nigerian Dried Hibiscus Flower

SPECIFICATIONS:

Hand-picked quality

Moisture less than 6% to 8%

Total ash 10% max

Acid insoluble ash 1.5% max

Good scarlet flowers

Purity 98.5% to 99% clean

Sgs certification

Free from salmonella & foreign matters

25 kg p.p bag net weights and 12.5 m/t per container

Payment: by confirm l/c or cash against document with 30% advance payment.

Dry shifting hibiscus specification

1. Hand-picked quality 2. Moisture less than 6% to 8% 3. Total ash 6% to 10% max 4. Acid insoluble ash 1.5% max 5. Good scarlet flowers 6. Purity 98.5 % to 99% clean 7. S.g.s certification 8. Free from salmonella 9. 40 kg in p.p bag net weights and 12.5 m/t per container We export: FOB, CNF, CIF Payment: by confirm l/c or cash against document with 30% advance payment.

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Cocoa Powder

SPECIFICATIONS:

Type: Powder

Color: Brown

Min. Order Quantity: As per client requirement

Packaging: Can be packed as per client requirement

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Nigerian Dried Split Ginger

Description: Ginger (Zingiber Officinale) is a commodity that is highly valued in international markets for its aroma, pungency and high oil and Aleo resin content. Nigeria is the third largest exporter of ginger in the world after China and India. Most of the dried ginger that are available for international trade are simply sun-dried over a few days, but artificial drying is also used in areas lacking a defined dry season to coincide with the harvest. The rhizome is dried to between 10 and 12 percent moisture content. Dried ginger is usually presented in a split or sliced form. Splitting is said to be preferred to slicing, as slicing loses more flavor, but the sliced are easier to grind and this is the predominant form of dried ginger currently in the market.

Harvest: harvesting of ginger starts from October and normally continues until April/May. This largely depends on the market situation as ginger can be left on the ground (not harvested) for two years.

Locations: Ginger is produced in six states of the Federation namely, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue, Niger, and Gombe with Kaduna as the major producer. Nigeria’s production in 2005 was estimated at 110,000 metric tons (FAO). Out of this, 10% is locally consumed as fresh ginger while 90% is dried primarily for the export markets.

Hand Picked Pure Sliced Ginger

Specifications: Moisture content:6-9% maxOil content: 1-2% Impurities:0-2%max40Kg in a bag 600 bags in a container

Payment: By Confirm L/C or Cash Against Document with 30% Advance Payment.

Uses: The list of ginger uses is almost endless, being a pungent spicy herb and one of the more popular food spices. They range from baked products like gingerbread, ginger biscuits, and ginger cookies to drinks like ginger tea, ginger beer, ginger ale, etc. Ginger contains about two percent essential oil. The oil is extracted and distilled from rhizomes for various uses in confectionery, perfumery, beverages and pharmaceuticals. Dried ginger is used predominantly for flavoring coffee especially in the Middle East. It contains medicinal qualities and it is also used to calm nausea and aids digestion. Dried ginger is used in many different cooking methods. It is an important spice in Asia, the Caribbean and African cooking.

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Non-GMO Soybeans

SPECIFICATIONS:

COMMODITY: YELLOW SOYBEANS GRADE # 1 PARTICLE SIZE: 80-120 MESHES

NON-GMO TYPE: Fit For Human Consumption

OIL CONTENT: 21, 3% Basis, 18.05 Min

MOISTURE: 12.5% Max MAX SPLITS: 20% PROTEIN: Min 40, 8%

MAX COLOR: 2%

SEED COLOR: 50.3% HUSKS: No Husks

TEST WEIGHT: 54 Pounds/Min/Bushel

TOTAL DAMAGED KERNELS: 3% Max

FOREIGN MATTER: 2%

HEAT DAMAGED KERNELS: 0.5% Max

MAX RADIATION: Normal

TOTAL SUGAR: 11.2%

IMPURITIES: 1%max

BROKEN: 10%max

DISCOLORATION: n1%max

ADMIXTURE: 1%

MAX SIZES: 6 - 9MM

UP FIBER: 7% MAX

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Cashew

Description: Cashew (Anacardium Occidentale L.) is a tree crop of considerable economic importance to Nigeria and other tropical countries. Apart from being a source of useful products and byproducts for food, medicinal and industrial applications, cashew gives also a useful shade, while ornamental and alley trees are suitable for the control of soil erosion, particularly for the protection of watersheds and dams.

Locations: Major cashew growing areas in Nigeria are, by order of importance: Enugu, Abia, Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi and Cross River States in the eastern part of the country; Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and Ogun States in the Western part, as well as Kwara, Kogi, are the major exportable market of the country. The majority of export quality nuts come from the Western and Eastern parts of the country.

Specification: According to S.G.S (quality inspectors), the standard for raw cashew nuts, unshelled, is specified as follows:

Nut count 180-200 per kg ii. Moisture content 8-10% max iii. Defective nuts 15% max

Float Rate 18% max v. Admixture 0.25% max vi. Foreign matter 0.25% max

vii. KoR, or shelling out-turn 48-50 Ibs/bag (Obiazu, P. C.,(2000) ‘Quality Requirements for Nigeria Agricultural Products’. Unpublished Seminar Paper.)

Quality: Classified according to grades / with or without basing on number of kernel per kg.

First quality W210, W240, W320, W450, WB, WS, LWP, SWP

Second quality LBW210, LBW240, LBW320, LBW, SW210, SW2440, SW320, SW, SB, SS, LP, SP

Third quality DW320, DW350, DW

Fourth quality DW2, DW3DW2, DW3

Fifth quality SW2, SSW2, SW3, DW, DWTW3, DW, DWT

Sixth quality CS, SK, SK2, TPN, TPN2, TPB, DW4CS, SK, SK2, TPN, TPN2, TPB, DW4

Uses: The cashew nut is a popular snack, and its rich flavor means that it is often eaten on its own, lightly salted or sugared. In addition to this, cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL), a by-product of processing cashew, is mostly composed of anacardic acids. These acids have been used effectively against tooth abscesses due to their lethality to bacteria.

Export market: The major buyers of cashew nut from Nigeria are mainly India and Singapore. Smaller percentage goes to Europe.

Export: The export free on board (FOB, CIF and CNF) price of raw cashew nut. However, when an exporter adds value to this product by processing it into kernels, the fob price could quadruple that of raw cashew nut.

Payment: By Confirm L/C, or Cash Against Document with 30% Advance Payment.