Volumes · Shipping to Russia
From a 30 kg sample to a full container
Start with 30 kg, roast it and cost it properly. Scale up on the same lot, the same mill and the same paperwork — nothing about the coffee changes except the number of bags.
Order sizes
Four ways to buy the same coffee
Every tier draws on the same lots and the same quality file. The only thing that changes between a sample and a container is freight and how far ahead we reserve the coffee for you.
Standard packing is a 60 kg jute bag with a GrainPro liner. We also fill 30 and 15 kg units if that suits your warehouse better. Samples go out vacuum-packed by courier at our cost once a lot is under discussion.
- Bag
- Jute 60 kg · GrainPro liner
- Alt. packing
- 30 / 15 kg on request
- Container load
- 320 bags · 19.2 t
- Palletised
- 10 pallets × 32 bags
- Moisture at loading
- 10–11.5 %
- Marking
- ICO mark · lot no. · grade · net weight
- Minimum order
- 30 kg sample · 300 kg commercial
Incoterms 2020
What each price basis actually covers
We quote on whichever basis you contract on. The difference is not the coffee — it is how much of the chain sits on our side of the invoice and where the risk changes hands.
| Basis | Included in the price | Risk passes |
|---|---|---|
| FOB Mombasa | Lot preparation, milling, bags and liners, export clearance and documents, haulage to Mombasa and loading on board. | On board at Mombasa |
| CFR Novorossiysk | FOB scope plus ocean freight and terminal charges to the named discharge port. | On board at Mombasa |
| CIF St Petersburg | CFR scope plus marine cargo insurance at 110 % of invoice value, Institute Cargo Clauses (A). | On board at Mombasa |
| DAP warehouse | CIF scope plus rail or road carriage to your warehouse. Import duty, VAT and customs clearance stay with you. | On arrival at your warehouse |
Payment and validity. Offers are quoted in USD per lb FOB Mombasa and hold for 5 working days; freight and insurance are shown as separate lines so you can see how CIF is built. Standard terms are 30 % on lot confirmation and 70 % against scanned documents, or an irrevocable L/C at sight from container volume up.
Legs and transit
Nairobi to your warehouse
Coffee is trucked from our Nairobi warehouse, stuffed at the port of Mombasa and sails on a weekly service to Novorossiysk or St Petersburg, most often with one transhipment.
Leg by leg
- Nairobi → Mombasa: 480 km by road, 1–2 days, stuffed and sealed at the port terminal.
- Mombasa → Novorossiysk: 25–32 days at sea, usually transhipped at Jebel Ali or Salalah.
- Mombasa → St Petersburg: 35–45 days at sea via a European or Middle Eastern hub.
- Discharge port → warehouse: 3–10 days by road or rail, depending on the city.
- Samples up to 30 kg fly separately: 7–10 days door to door.
Transit times are indicative and are confirmed against the actual carrier and booking date.
Paperwork
The export document pack
Every shipment travels with the same set. Scans go to you and your broker the day the vessel sails; originals follow by courier so nothing holds up clearance at the discharge port.
| Document | Issued by | Provided |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial invoice and packing list | Simon Karanja Coffee Exports Ltd. | Day of sailing |
| Bill of lading | Carrier / forwarder | 3–5 days after sailing |
| Certificate of origin | Kenya National Chamber of Commerce | Before loading |
| Phytosanitary certificate | KEPHIS | On lot inspection |
| ICO certificate and export permit | Coffee Directorate (AFA) | At Mombasa clearance |
| Cupping sheet and lot quality report | Our lab / independent Q grader | With the pre-shipment sample |
| Weight and quality certificate | SGS or Intertek, on request | At container stuffing |
| Fumigation certificate | Licensed operator | If the importer requires it |
On the Russian side. The EAEU declaration of conformity under TR CU 021/2011 is filed by the importer. We supply the moisture, defect and pesticide-residue reports it is based on, plus the ICO marks needed for the customs declaration.
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