Export & logisticsFrom a sample to a container — how we ship
We handle the Colombian side end to end: purchase, milling and quality control, the coffee export file with the FNC, customs and freight booking. You tell us the port and the Incoterm.
Shipment sizes
- Offer samples
- 250 g – 1 kg per profile, vacuum-sealed, by DHL Express. For qualified buyers the offer sample is on us; you cover the courier.
- Small lots by courier
- Up to 60 kg of green or 50 kg of roasted coffee per shipment under the FNC small-quantity regime. DHL Express door to door, 5–8 business days worldwide, tracked.
- Pallets
- 100–1,000 kg by consolidated air cargo (DHL Global Forwarding) or LCL sea freight. Export file, transit guide and coffee contribution handled by us.
- Containers
- 20' FCL: 275 bags × 70 kg ≈ 19.25 t. Half container: 10 t = 143 bags. Mixed green / roasted loads possible. Multi-container on forward contract.
Terms and routing
- Incoterms 2020
- EXW Bogotá · FCA Bogotá (courier and air) · FOB Cartagena or Santa Marta · CFR / CIF destination port.
- Ports of loading
- Cartagena (Contecar) or Santa Marta on the Caribbean — direct services to northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
- Destinations quoted
- Gothenburg, Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Valencia, Cape Town, Walvis Bay, Ashdod, Jebel Ali and US East Coast, among others.
- Transit
- Courier 5–8 business days. Sea freight 18–35 days depending on route and transhipment.
- Lead time
- Courier lots: 1–2 weeks from payment. Containers: typically 4–6 weeks from contract to loading (milling, Almacafé inspection and booking).
- Payment
- Samples and courier lots: in advance by bank transfer. Containers: deposit on contract with the balance against documents, or a confirmed letter of credit. Invoiced in USD.
- Pricing
- Containers: NY "C" plus an agreed differential, fixed at contract. Courier lots: per kilogram, freight as its own line. Every offer carries its own validity period.
Tell us your destination, volume and timeline
We work with roasters, importers, distributors and traders. Send us the port, the quantity and when you need it, and we come back with an offer sheet and samples — in English or Spanish, within 24 hours on business days.
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