54 Trading Company is a physical commodity brokerage built on a simple observation: Central Africa's goods still route through Europe to reach buyers who are already in the South. We trade the direct line instead.
We only open a lane where one market has a durable surplus and the other a durable deficit. Not a seasonal spread, not a bad harvest somewhere — a structural gap that is still there next year.
We meet counterparties where they are: some need a buyer found, some need a seller vetted, some need the whole trade carried from farm gate to discharge port.
We identify the counterparty, verify their standing, and negotiate price, specs and Incoterms on your behalf. You contract directly; we earn a commission on completion.
Phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, EUDR traceability files, freight booking and inspection coordination — the paperwork that turns a handshake into a discharged cargo.
For selected flows we take title ourselves: sourcing at origin, arranging finance and freight, and delivering to the buyer's port under our own contract.
Most brokers know the market or they know the ground. We were built on both — a producing family at origin, and formal training in the trading capital of the world.
Tell us what you sell or what you need — product, spec, volume and timing. We come back within 48 hours with a view on price, counterparties and route.
deals@54trading.com