Built on scale, credit and direct delivery
We buy fertilizer in bulk from global suppliers and arrange delivery straight to our customers’ warehouses in Africa, so our customers get the right price and the product arrives where it is needed.
We manage the trade. The product goes straight to you.
Contracts, pricing and delivery instructions go through Lyambai in Dubai, while the fertilizer travels directly from the supplier to the customer’s warehouse.
- Pricing and market intelligence
- Carries purchase price risk
- Allocates volumes and issues delivery instructions
Physical delivery: fertilizer moves directly from the supplier to the customer’s warehouse on DDU terms. When supply is short, Lyambai buys locally from Agricorp Multicrop Zambia in Lusaka.
How a Lyambai trade works
Read the market
We draw on market intelligence from our key stakeholders and share it with customers, helping them predict demand and order at the best price available.
Buy in bulk on supplier credit
We buy large quantities from manufacturers and wholesalers. Our major suppliers extend credit facilities for volume purchases.
Allocate to customers
We sell the product over time to distributors and retail companies based on each customer’s intake, and tell the supplier where to deliver and in what quantities.
Deliver DDU to the warehouse
The supplier delivers directly to the customer’s warehouse on DDU terms, with freight included in the purchase price.
Cover urgent shortages locally
When supply is tight, we buy locally from Agricorp Multicrop in Zambia to meet urgent requirements.
Lessons learned from managing freight ourselves
When we started in 2013, we arranged every shipment from supplier to customer ourselves, and volatile shipping costs ate into our margins.
So we changed the model. Delivery is now included in the purchase price on DDU terms, and our large suppliers deliver directly to our customers’ warehouses. That lets us concentrate on what we do best: pricing, sales and customer relationships.
Lyambai DMCC carries the risk of its purchase cost moving against the market, so our customers don’t have to.
Delivered Duty Unpaid
A delivery term under which the seller is responsible for the goods until they reach the buyer’s named destination.
- The supplier is responsible for safe delivery all the way to the customer’s warehouse
- Freight is included in the price, so there are no surprise shipping costs
- Lyambai tells the supplier where to deliver and how much goes to each customer
- Import duties and clearance stay with the buyer, as DDU terms specify
Partners we work with
Large global suppliers on one side, carefully selected distributors on the other, and Emirates NBD as our lead bank.
Supply partners
- Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises Pte. Ltd.Business Bay, Dubai · offices in Singapore and IndiaPrimary supplier
- ETG – Export Trading GroupDIFC, DubaiPrimary supplier
- Agricorp Multicrop ZambiaLusaka, ZambiaLocal supply for urgent needs
Key customers
- Alpha CommoditiesLusaka, Zambia
- Greenfield CommoditiesCairo Road, Lusaka, Zambia
- ETG Inputs Zambia LtdChinika Industrial Area, Lusaka, Zambia
Let’s plan your supply together
Whether you need a single consignment or a full season’s volume, we can tailor supply to your intake.