00Export
Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
A crop with a clock on it, from the field to an aircraft hold.
ExportPerishables & cold chain
01The trade
Seasonal Bangladeshi vegetables, fruit and herbs, exported under cold chain and phytosanitary certification — most of it by air.
Fresh produce is the hardest thing in the trade book to move and the only category where the product is degrading from the moment it is picked. Fruits and vegetables are two of the division's four named export lines, and most of it goes by air, because the shelf life will not survive a sea voyage.
The cold chain is the product. Field heat is taken out before packing, temperature is held through packhouse, transit and aircraft hold, and every break in it comes off the shelf life at the far end. A consignment that has been warm for six hours cannot be recovered by anything that happens to it afterwards.
Phytosanitary certification governs access, and it is not uniform. Each destination sets its own pest and residue requirements, and particular Bangladeshi produce lines have been restricted into particular markets before now. What can ship where is confirmed before the crop is committed rather than after it is picked.
Who buys it
- Grocery distributors
- Wholesale markets
- Supermarket produce buyers
- Food service
- Processors
- Importers in the Middle East, Europe and Asia
02The range
What we export
Seasonal by definition — availability follows the harvest calendar rather than an order book.
- Vegetables
- Potato, aubergine, okra, gourds, beans, chilli and green banana.
- Leafy & herbs
- Coriander, mint, spinach and local leafy varieties.
- Betel leaf
- Graded and packed for the markets that take it.
- Seasonal fruit
- Mango, jackfruit, guava, lychee, lemon and lime, in season.
- Roots & tubers
- Potato, sweet potato, ginger and turmeric.
- Frozen vegetables
- Individually quick frozen and block frozen, where sea freight becomes viable.
- Dried & dehydrated
- Dried chilli, turmeric and dehydrated vegetables.
- Retail packs
- Punnets, sleeved and labelled packs to a retailer's own format.
03Compliance
What the category demands
Every item here is a condition of entry somewhere. None of it can be arranged retrospectively.
- Phytosanitary certificate for the destination
- Pesticide residue analysis against the importing market's limits
- Pre-cooling and an unbroken cold chain to the aircraft
- Vapour heat or hot water treatment where the market requires it
- Packhouse hygiene and traceability back to the grower
- Airline space held against the harvest date, not the other way round
04How the desk works
Five things happen to every order.
- Sourcing & procurement
- Direct from producers, mills, refineries and manufacturers, rather than through a chain of intermediaries each taking a turn.
- Quality assurance
- Contracted against a written specification and checked against that specification before shipment — not described, measured.
- Logistics & freight forwarding
- End-to-end movement, handled by Triple S Logistics inside the group rather than tendered out to a third party.
- Customs & documentation
- The paperwork that clears the goods at both ends, prepared before they move rather than chased after they arrive.
- Market intelligence
- Price trends, supply-side risk and what is actually available this season, which is often a different question from what is listed.
Why this desk
- Global network
- Partnerships with established suppliers and buyers across the markets the division trades in.
- Competitive pricing
- Bulk purchasing and direct sourcing, rather than a margin applied on top of someone else's margin.
- Timely delivery
- Group freight capability, so the shipping is not a second negotiation with a stranger.
- Customer-centric approach
- Long-term relationships built on trust and transparency.
- Compliance & integrity
- Strict adherence to contractual and ethical standards.
05Terms
Instruments accepted, and what each one means.
Banking instrument confirmed, irrevocable, transferable and divisible, issued by a top-25 bank. Auto-rotating, duration 12 months and above. All payment methods and MT103.
- DLC / MT-700
- SBLC / MT-760
- ARDLC / MT-700
- SBLC FULL / MT-760
- LC CASH BANK
- DLC / LC
- Renewable month after monthPayment according to the price list at the point of departure.
- SBLC
- Renewable month after monthFour-month warranty, renewable payment upon arrival.
- LC Cash Bank
- Renewable month after monthFour-month warranty, revolving payment in the country of origin.
- SBLC Full 25%
- Renewable month after monthGuarantee 25% of the total cost.
Markets we serve
- Domestic
- Wholesalers, supermarkets, institutional buyers and food processors in Bangladesh.
- International
- Importers and distributors in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
06Also traded
Import
- 01Essential CommoditiesFood staples & bulk agricultural trade
- 02Industrial Machinery & Handling EquipmentPlant machinery & materials handling
- 03Construction Heavy MachineryEarthmoving, lifting & site plant
- 04Industrial ChemicalsProcess, treatment & textile chemicals
- 05Cosmetics & ToiletriesPersonal care & household consumer goods
- 06Medical & Diagnostic EquipmentHospital, laboratory & diagnostic equipment
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Fresh Produce enquiries, in one line or a full schedule.
Quantity, specification and the port it has to reach. An incomplete enquiry is still worth sending — working out exactly what is being asked for is part of the job.
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