Buyer FAQ

An East African commodity export house headquartered in Mtwara, Tanzania, trading since 2010. We run three programmes from one desk: Tanzanian cashew (kernels, RCN and roasted lines), Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar's Sava region and Uganda, and Tanzanian sesame. Each commodity also has its own dedicated storefront with the full grade list.

Each crop serves a different buyer community with different specifications, so wholesalecashewnuts.com, wholesalevanillabeans.com and wholesalesesameseeds.com each go deep on one commodity. This site is the company hub — the place to see the whole portfolio, meet the team and start a multi-commodity conversation.

Within one business day, from a named person at the Mtwara office — not an autoresponder. First replies normally include availability, indicative pricing and the questions we need answered to firm up a quote.

Yes, for all three commodities. Samples are drawn from the actual lots on offer — cashew and sesame samples ship with their spec sheets, vanilla samples with the lot's vanillin and moisture assay. Courier costs are typically shared and credited against a first order.

We publish no price lists — every quote is built from the current market at origin, the specification and the freight lane. Send commodity, spec, volume and destination port through the contact form or WhatsApp, and the desk returns indicative numbers within one business day.

They differ by commodity. Cashew and sesame are container businesses — plan on one 20-foot container as the working minimum. Vanilla trades by the kilogram: we quote from 10 kg upward, which lets new buyers prove the relationship before scaling.

FOB from the origin port is our standard basis. CIF and CFR can be arranged on request for most lanes; EXW rarely makes sense for international buyers but is available for regional collection.

Often, yes. Cashew and sesame can share a consolidated container out of Tanzania when volumes and timing align. Vanilla ships from different origins (Madagascar or Uganda), so it moves separately — but we align contracts, documents and payment schedules so a multi-commodity programme still feels like one order.

Every lot passes a crop-specific laboratory panel before despatch. Cashew: moisture, defect counts and aflatoxin against the destination market's limits. Sesame: purity, oil content, FFA and aflatoxin. Vanilla: vanillin content and moisture assay per lot. Results are issued under the lot number with the shipping documents.

The Tanzania Bureau of Standards certifies our Tanzanian processing operation in Mtwara, which handles the cashew and sesame programmes. Vanilla is not processed in Tanzania — it is sourced and consolidated at origin in Madagascar and Uganda, where lots are assayed before export.

Each lot number is a key into our intake records: which grower groups or curers supplied it, which collection points it passed through, and its harvest or curing window. If a buyer or auditor raises a question years later, we can reconstruct the chain from farm gate to container seal.

The standard pack: commercial invoice, lot-numbered packing list, certificate of origin, phytosanitary certificate, the lot's lab reports and the transport document. Destination-specific extras — attested certificates for Gulf markets, FDA Prior Notice data for the US — are prepared when the contract names the market.

Cashew and sesame containers load at Dar es Salaam or Mtwara, depending on where the lot sits and which services fit the schedule. Madagascar vanilla exports through Toamasina; Uganda vanilla is trucked to Mombasa for sea freight, or flown when the buyer needs speed.

From Tanzanian ports, allow roughly two weeks to the Gulf, two to three weeks to India, three to four to Southeast Asia and four to five to northern Europe, subject to routing. Air-freighted vanilla is usually with the buyer within a week of booking.

Kernels travel vacuum-packed inside export cartons; RCN and sesame move in woven or jute bags sized to the contract; vanilla is vacuum-sealed in inner packs within rigid cartons to protect moisture content. Container lining and desiccant are matched to the lane and season.

Yes. Cashew and sesame can be consolidated into a shared container when specifications allow, and vanilla parcels routinely move as LCL or air cargo. Tell us your volumes and we will propose the most economical arrangement rather than forcing a full container.