Agriculture · Soft Commodities
Cinnamon
Cinnamon sourced for companies across the UK and EU. Verified suppliers, benchmarked pricing and the full document pack.
Overview
What Cinnamon is and who uses it
Cinnamon is one of the commodities we source regularly. Material in this category goes into roasting and grinding, confectionery and chocolate manufacture, sugar refining, beverage production, spice blending and oleoresin extraction. We agree the specification, the grade and any certification you need before we approach a single supplier.
Why go through us rather than buying direct
Agricultural supply is spread across thousands of small exporters, and the quality of a cargo is decided at origin rather than when it lands. Buy direct with nobody checking and you find out about the missing phytosanitary certificate, or the aflatoxin reading, at the border. By then the money has gone and the cargo is sitting on demurrage. We verify the supplier, fix the specification in the contract, and inspect before anything ships.
Specification
Variants & Grades
The grades below are the ones traded commercially. If a grade has a standard code, put the code in your brief rather than describing the material. Codes are enforceable in a contract. Descriptions are not.
- Ceylon Cinnamon
- Cassia Cinnamon
- Cinnamon Powder
- Cinnamon Oil
Sourcing
Origin Countries
We source this from the countries below. Origin is not a preference. It decides which phytosanitary and licensing rules apply, what specification is achievable, how the freight routes and what sanctions exposure you take on. We choose it against your compliance and delivery needs, not on price alone.
Standards
Compliance & Documentation
Everything below is applied as standard on this commodity. You get the complete document set when the transaction closes.
- EUDR due diligence for cocoa and coffee: geolocation data, supplier declarations and risk assessment
- Phytosanitary certificate (IPPC standard)
- Aflatoxin and ochratoxin A limits under (EC) No 1881/2006
- Pesticide maximum residue levels under (EC) No 396/2005
- Organic, Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance certification where you ask for it
- Food contact material declaration for packaging
Verification
Quality & Inspection
Put the parameters below in your brief with a tolerance against each, not a single target figure. A specification without tolerances gives the contract nothing to fall back on when a cargo lands marginally out.
- Moisture content (%)
- Bean count or screen size
- Defect count per sample (cut test)
- Foreign matter (%)
- Volatile oil content (% for spices)
- ASTA cleanliness specification
- Colour and aroma profile
- Mycotoxin limits (ppb)
We appoint an independent inspection agency at origin. They check quantity, quality against what was contracted, and the condition of the packaging, all before the shipment is released for loading. That certificate is what any later claim rests on.
Movement
Getting it to you
| Packaging | Jute or sisal bags of 60 to 70 kg, commonly with GrainPro or hermetic liners; cartons or vacuum packs for ground and processed material |
|---|---|
| Shipment | 20 ft FCL with container liner and desiccant; approximately 18 to 21 MT depending on packaging |
| Storage | Cool, dry and odour-free at controlled relative humidity, segregated from strong-smelling cargo |
| Incoterms | FOB, CFR, CIF |
Engagement
How to order Cinnamon
Send us a brief covering the points below. Within one working day we will tell you whether we can fulfil it, how we would approach it, what paperwork it needs and roughly how long it takes.
- Which grade of Cinnamon you need, with tolerances
- Volume, and whether this is one shipment or a regular requirement
- Where it needs to land, which port, and by when
- Any certification you need: organic, Halal, Kosher, RSPO, FSC or other
- Preferred Incoterms and how you want to pay
- Packaging format and any labelling
Next step
Need Cinnamon?
Send us the specification, the volume and when you need it. We will confirm whether we can do it, and how, within one working day.