Sourcing & procurement
Direct B2B buying from approved international suppliers, processors and establishments. Written specifications, agreed pricing and volume booked ahead of season.
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Trade services
Everything between the offer and the delivery — sourcing, inspection, cold chain, documentation, customs and regional movement, run from a single desk in Vientiane.
What we do
Six services, one accountable desk
We are a trading company rather than a freight broker, which means we take a position on the goods and therefore on their condition. These services exist because that position cannot be defended without them.
Quality inspection & grading
Intake inspection against specification, grading, moisture and temperature verification, and independent third-party analysis arranged when a buyer or bank requires it.
Cold-chain management
Pre-cooling, temperature-controlled transport and monitored storage for poultry, meat and fresh produce, with logged readings available to the buyer on request.
Documentation & permits
Contracts, invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin, phytosanitary, veterinary health and HALAL certificates, and product-specific import and export permits.
Logistics & warehousing
Transport, consolidation, warehousing and border movement coordinated through in-house scheduling and vetted logistics partners across the region.
Customs clearance
Declaration, duty and tax handling, and clearance at both ends of the route — prepared in advance so cargo is not sitting at a border while paperwork catches up.
Process
The sequence, every time
1
Enquiry & offer
Commodity, grade, volume, packing, Incoterms and destination in — firm offer and lead time out, CIF quoted as standard.
2
Contract & terms
Specification, payment terms, inspection regime and delivery schedule agreed in writing before anything is bought.
3
Sourcing & inspection
Goods sourced from vetted international suppliers, inspected and graded on intake against the contracted specification.
4
Documents & clearance
Full document set — origin, SPS, health, HALAL — prepared and export clearance completed ahead of loading, not alongside it.
5
Transit & delivery
Loading supervised and sealed, movement tracked, import clearance handled, delivery confirmed and closed out.
Logistics & routing
Five borders,
one landlocked advantage.
The Lao PDR borders Thailand, Vietnam, China, Cambodia and Myanmar. Being landlocked is usually described as a constraint; for a regional trader it is the opposite — almost every major market in mainland Southeast Asia is reachable overland from Vientiane.
We move goods using Laos' road links and border crossings, consolidating where volume allows and routing by transit time rather than by headline freight rate when the cargo is perishable. Seaport access for deep-sea consignments is arranged through partner terminals in neighbouring countries.
- Road transport and cross-border movement coordinated in-house with trusted carriers.
- Consolidation and warehousing, including temperature-controlled storage for perishable lines.
- Border-crossing scheduling built around clearance windows, not just driving hours.
- Onward sea and air freight arranged through partner terminals where the destination requires it.
Overland from VientianeFive shared borders, one hub
Prepared before departureDocumentation that clears first time
Documentation
Paperwork is
part of the cargo.
Most cross-border delays in food trade are not caused by trucks. They are caused by a missing certificate, a mismatched description or a permit that expired in transit. We treat the document set as a deliverable in its own right, prepared and checked before the goods move.
| Document | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Commercial invoice & packing list | Contract value, description, weights and package count for customs valuation. |
| Certificate of origin | Origin proof for tariff treatment, including ASEAN preferential schemes where applicable. |
| Veterinary health certificate | Animal-health and food-safety clearance for poultry and meat consignments. |
| HALAL certificate | Certification from a recognised body, arranged per consignment where the destination market or the buyer requires it. |
| Phytosanitary certificate | Plant-health clearance for spices, herbs, produce and other plant products. |
| Import / export permit | Product-specific authorisation issued by the competent authority in each market. |
| Customs declaration | Formal entry and exit lodgement, duty and tax assessment at both ends of the route. |
Working with us
What you can expect
Trade relationships are built on how the difficult shipments are handled, not the easy ones. These are the standards we hold ourselves to when something goes wrong.
01
A named contact, not a queue
One person owns your file from offer to delivery, and answers the phone whether the news is good or bad.
02
Written specification before purchase
Nothing is bought until grade, moisture, temperature, packing and tolerance are agreed in writing. Ambiguity is where disputes start.
03
Proactive notification
If a border closes, a supplier slips or a temperature reading drifts, you hear it from us before you hear it from your own customer.
04
Documented condition at every stage
Inspection records, temperature logs and loading photographs are kept per consignment and shared on request.
05
Honest failure handling
When something falls short, we say so, quantify it, and settle it. A concealed problem costs more than the cargo.
Questions
Frequently asked
Volumes are set per commodity and per route. Full-container and full-truck loads are our normal unit for frozen poultry, meat and spices, while fresh produce and processed lines can move in smaller consolidated consignments. Tell us your target volume and we will confirm whether it is workable on the route you need.
CIF is our standard quotation basis. We also work on EXW, FCA, FOB, CFR, DAP and DDP depending on the commodity, the destination and how much of the chain you want us to carry. For perishable cargo we generally recommend terms that keep the cold chain under a single party's control for as long as possible.
Yes. HALAL certification from a recognised body is arranged per consignment wherever the destination market or the buyer requires it, alongside the veterinary health and SPS certification the shipment needs. Tell us which certifying body your market recognises and we will confirm before contracting.
Terms are agreed per contract. Documentary letters of credit, telegraphic transfer against documents, and advance-plus-balance structures are all workable. Our import–export bank account is certified through the Bank of the Lao PDR and our commercial bank, so international settlement runs through formal channels.
Yes, provided the requirement is stated up front. Destination standards differ substantially — especially for poultry and meat, where establishment approval and veterinary certification are market-specific. We confirm what is achievable before contracting rather than discovering it at the border.
Frequently. Running both directions on one desk lets us balance seasonal gaps, share transport capacity and reduce empty running, which usually shows up in the price.
Goods are inspected and graded on intake against the contracted specification, with moisture, temperature and defect checks appropriate to the commodity. Independent third-party inspection, weighing or laboratory analysis is arranged at loading whenever a buyer, a bank or a destination market requires it.
Let's trade
Put a shipment on the desk.
Whether you are supplying us or buying from us, the conversation starts with the same three questions: what, how much, and where to.