A crop that ripens under the soil.
Groundnuts are planted across Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa and Bauchi from May, and the pods form underground on pegs that push down from the flower. Nigeria is Africa’s largest producer and fourth in the world, so the supply base behind a contract is deep.
Lifted whole, dried pods upward.
The plants are lifted with the pods still attached and stacked with the pods facing up so air moves through them. Field drying continues on our floors until pod moisture is at or under 8 % — the single thing that keeps mould from ever starting.
Shelled, cleaned, colour‑sorted.
Pods go through the sheller, shells are blown off, and the kernels run over a cleaning and colour‑sorting line that lifts out discoloured, shrivelled and damaged nuts. What is left is graded by count per ounce.
- Counts 38/42 · 40/50 · 50/60 · 60/70 · 70/80
- Admixture ≤ 1 – 2 %, foreign matter ≤ 0.5 %
- Hand‑picked selected or crushing grade
The test that decides the shipment.
Groundnuts are the crop where aflatoxin decides whether a container clears customs. Samples are drawn across the lot and tested for aflatoxin, moisture and oil; results go to you before contract and the certificate travels with the shipment.
- EU limit 4 ppb total (2 ppb B1) for direct consumption
- 15 ppb total where the buyer sorts before use
- Moisture ≤ 8 % · oil ≈ 48 – 50 %
Filled to 50 kg, weighed, stitched.
Sorted kernels drop into 25 or 50 kg PP or jute bags on a platform scale, stitched and lot‑marked. Bags go onto pallets in covered storage, never onto the floor.
Counted in, sealed under supervision.
Bags are stuffed and tallied under supervision, with lining and desiccants for the voyage — groundnuts travel badly if they pick up moisture, so the container is prepared for it. Sealed and photographed the same day.
- ≈ 18 – 20 MT per 20 ft
- Aflatoxin and moisture certificates attached
- Seal number and stuffing photos sent
Cleared at Lagos. Sailing to you.
From Apapa and Tin Can Island our team handles export clearance and the document set, then shares the bill of lading and vessel tracking until your container lands.