Sesame Export Services
A complete export service for international buyers — from farm-gate sourcing and cleaning in Nigeria's sesame belt to a tested, documented, sealed container leaving Lagos.
Everything Between the Farm Gate and Your Customs Broker
Importing sesame from Nigeria involves far more than buying bags. We take responsibility for the whole chain so you can focus on processing and selling.
Sourcing & Aggregation
We assemble container volumes from farmer groups and aggregators across Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina and Gombe, selecting whitish or brown seed by colour, maturity, dryness and cleanliness.
Cleaning & Colour Sorting
Pre-cleaning screens, de-stoners, gravity separators and optical colour sorters bring seed to the purity in your contract — 98%, 99%, 99.5% or better — with black and immature seed removed.
Bagging & Marking
New 25 kg or 50 kg PP woven bags, food-grade PE liners where specified, printed with your marks and lot numbers; or bulk loading in flexi-liner for crushers that receive loose seed.
Testing & Certification
FPIS grading certificate for every shipment; accredited-laboratory analysis for moisture, purity, oil, FFA, aflatoxin, Salmonella and pesticide residues to your market's limits; third-party inspection coordinated where you require it.
Export Documentation
NXP, commercial, origin, phytosanitary, fumigation, health, quality, weight and bank documents prepared, checked and shared with you in draft before sailing — including letter-of-credit document sets and EU official certificates.
Logistics & Freight
Container booking, kraft lining, haulage to port, customs clearance and stuffing supervision at Lagos, with ocean freight to your port arranged on CFR/CIF terms if preferred.
Single Containers to Seasonal Supply Programmes
We serve buyers at every scale. First-time importers typically begin with a single 20' container and a courier sample beforehand. Established crushers, tahini manufacturers and trading houses move to seasonal programmes — a contracted tonnage across the season, agreed specification, staggered shipments and predictable sailings, with pricing fixed per shipment or by formula.
- Trial container with pre-shipment sample
- Multi-container orders with staggered loading
- New-crop forward contracts with reserved allocation
- Mixed specifications (e.g. white + brown) across a programme
- Dedicated account contact and shipment calendar
Prepared for the EU, Japan and Korea
The highest-paying sesame markets have the strictest food-safety rules. We prepare food-grade shipments to meet them: laboratory testing before loading rather than after, sampling to the protocol your border authority expects, correctly issued official certificates, and coordination with destination processors for steam sterilisation where it is required.
- Salmonella, aflatoxin and residue testing by accredited laboratories
- EU official certificate and sampling-report format
- Japan and Korea aflatoxin and positive-list residue limits
- Lot segregation and traceable marking
- Support for supplier questionnaires and audits
Buyers We Are Set Up For
Food Manufacturers
Bakery, tahini, halva, confectionery and snack producers buying whitish and hulled sesame.
Oil Crushers & Refiners
Sesame-oil producers buying brown and mixed seed on oil content and volume.
Trading Houses & Importers
International oilseed merchants and importers running Nigerian origin programmes.
Compliance-Led Buyers
EU, Japanese and Korean importers requiring full laboratory and certificate packages.
Tell Us About Your Programme
Tonnage, grade, specification, packing, destination and timing — give us the outline and we will come back with a practical proposal.