Grade
Bold, Medium or Fine. If the pod is sold or served whole, take Bold. If you are grinding it, take Fine and keep the size premium — milling erases the difference you would be paying for.
→ Compare the three grades
Wholesale & Export
Bought by the sack, the pallet, the container.
The B2B route: quoted pricing by grade and volume, your choice of drying line and Incoterm, and the same document pack on a 25kg trial as on 18 tonnes.
- Pricing
- Quoted per lot, by grade and volume
- Minimum
- 25 kg trial · 500 kg wholesale rate
- Incoterms
- EXW, FOB Kathmandu, CIF, DDP
- Documents
- Phyto, COO, per-lot ISO lab report
Bulk Formats
Three ways to take volume.
Every format carries the indicative FOB band so you can screen the origin before you enquire. The firm price comes back against your grade, volume and Incoterm.
Bulk Jute Sack
25kg export sackCured on the line you specify, phytosanitary certified, ready for sea or air freight.
USD 13–19/kgindicative FOBView details
Pallet Load
500kg palletizedShrink-wrapped pallets of 20 × 25kg sacks, one-stop order for distributors.
USD 13–19/kgindicative FOBView details
Private Label
Your brand, our podsCustom jars, pouches, or tins, your label, our cardamom. MOQ 500 units.
From $6 / unitView details
Volume Ladder
From one sack to a sealed container.
Nobody is required to climb it. Plenty of buyers reorder sacks indefinitely — but this is where the price breaks are, stated plainly rather than held back for the call.
Step 01
25 kg
One jute sack
The smallest real export consignment. Cured on a nominated line, graded, lab-tested and papered exactly as a container would be, so the trial tells you something about the supplier and not just about the spice.
→ More on this stepStep 02500 kg
Palletized
Where wholesale per-kg pricing begins. Twenty sacks to a pallet, shrink-wrapped and corner-boarded, moving as LCL sea freight or on an air waybill when the season is tight.
→ More on this stepStep 032,000 kg +
Best rates
The volume at which container and air-freight rates work in your favour rather than against you. Split across grades and drying lines if your blend needs it.
→ More on this stepStep 04~18 t
Full container
One 20-foot FCL, loaded and sealed at origin. Four to six weeks from purchase order to delivery in Europe, two to three weeks by air into the Gulf.
→ More on this stepBefore You Enquire
Three decisions, and a quote writes itself.
Send these three with your volume and destination port and we can usually quote without a follow-up email.
Drying line
Closed-flue electric for a smoke-free lot under a 10% moisture cap, or wood-fired Bhatti for the smoky profile the spice is famous for. We do not split one lot across both lines.
→ Bhatti vs machine-driedIncoterm
EXW, FOB Kathmandu, CIF to your port, or DDP to your door. Quote the term you work on and the number comes back on that basis, not converted from another.
→ Freight routes & lead timesWhat travels with the goods
The same four documents on a 25kg trial as on a full container. Your broker gets what they need without a follow-up request.
→ Testing & certification- Phytosanitary certificate
Issued by Nepal's Department of Agriculture against the specific lot, not against the exporter.
- Certificate of origin
FNCCI-issued, naming Nepal as country of origin — the document that keeps your consignment out of the Indian re-export bracket.
- Per-lot laboratory report
ISO-accredited: aflatoxin B1 against the <5 ppb import limit, moisture, and pesticide residue. Sent with the quotation, before you commit.
- Commercial invoice & packing list
HS-coded 0908.31.00 for whole pods. Ground powder moves under 0908.32 instead, and the invoice says so.
Import rules, market by market.
→ All export marketsBuyer FAQ
What importers ask before the first order.
Anything not covered here, put it in the enquiry form. Quotes come back with the current lab report attached.
What is the minimum order for wholesale?
One sealed 25kg jute sack is the minimum trial order; 500kg reaches wholesale pricing. Volumes of 2,000kg and above reach our best container and air-freight rates.
How is a wholesale price quoted?
Per kilogram, against a named grade, drying line, volume and Incoterm. Indicative FOB Kathmandu bands are published on the price page so you can screen us before enquiring; the firm number comes with the quotation and the current lab report.
Can I get a sample before ordering?
Yes. Qualified buyers receive 200–500g of the exact grade under consideration, couriered at our cost, typically within 5–7 business days, so your own laboratory can verify it independently.
Do you supply under our own brand?
Yes. Private label runs jars, pouches and tins with your artwork, MOQ 500 units on a six-week lead time, and bulk supply into hypermarket own-label programmes.
Do I get the same documentation on a 25kg order as on a container?
Yes, and that is deliberate. Phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin, per-lot lab report and HS-coded invoice on 25kg exactly as on 18 tonnes. If the paperwork does not clear your broker at trial size, better to find that out then.
Do you ship to my market?
We ship worldwide from Kathmandu, and the export section carries a page per market with its own import rules, routing and lead times. If yours is not listed yet, send the destination port and we will quote it.