Soybeans

Soybeans are crushed into meal for animal feed and oil for food and industrial use, and the two products trade on separate fundamentals. Soy is a regulated commodity under EUDR, which means consignments entering the EU require geolocation data for the plots of production and a due diligence statement lodged before release.

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.

One thing to watch. Soy falls squarely inside EUDR scope. Geolocation data for every plot of production is mandatory for EU placement, and supplier declarations alone are not sufficient evidence.

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.

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 (%)
• Protein content (% dry basis)
• Test weight / hectolitre weight (kg/hl)
• Foreign matter (%)
• Broken and shrivelled grains (%)
• Falling number (seconds)
• Oil content (% for oilseeds)
• Aflatoxin and DON limits (ppb)
• Oil content (%)
• Damaged and split beans (%)
• Urease activity (meal)
• GMO status

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.

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 Soybeans 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