Refined white sugar ICUMSA 45, of Brazilian origin

What the ICUMSA 45 grade means

ICUMSA is the analysis method of the International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis. The number 45 is the maximum colour value on that scale: the lower the figure, the more refined the sugar. It is the grade most often written into international white sugar contracts.

The specification that counts is always the one in the contract, confirmed by an independent inspection report at loading. Figures on a web page do not replace a report, and we do not ask anyone to treat them as if they did.

Documentation and traceability

This is where an operation holds together or falls apart. We work with complete origin documentation, an independent inspection report commissioned at loading, and shipment tracking with status updates for the buyer along the route.

Every operation is subject to the customs legislation in force at origin and destination, and to the sanitary requirements of each market.

Payment instruments

We work with the usual instruments of international trade, agreed case by case according to destination market, volume and timeline:

• LC / DLC — documentary letter of credit, at sight, irrevocable
• SBLC — standby letter of credit
• Escrow account — funds held by a third party until agreed conditions are met

In every case the sequence is the same and it does not run backwards:signed contract and confirmed specification first; financial instrument afterwards, against the agreed documents. Price and volume are set in the contract, based on the market of the day — not published on an open page.

Who you are dealing with

A company registered and verifiable in China’s public corporate credit system. You can check the details before any commercial conversation:

Legal name

Tongling Taolian International Trade Co., Ltd. · 铜陵涛联国际贸易有限公司

Unified Social Credit Code

91340705MAG1NKFC0J

Legal representative

Song Tao · 宋涛

Registration authority

Tongling Tongguan Administration for Market Regulation

Public registry

gsxt.gov.cn

Operating procedure

The sequence below is the one we follow, from first contact to shipment. It exists so that each party knows exactly what is expected of them and in what order — nothing advances on a verbal promise.

1. The buyer issues the LOI (letter of intent) with full details.
2. Where the LOI comes from the buyer, the SCO is issued in their name.
3. The buyer issues the ICPO with product specification, quantity, shipment schedule, destination port, payment terms, banking details and corporate profile.
4. The seller issues the FCO (full corporate offer), sent for the buyer’s confirmation, signature and stamp — electronic signature accepted.
5. The buyer returns the signed and stamped FCO by email.
6. The seller issues the draft contract with the draft financial instrument attached. The buyer reviews, accepts or rejects the terms, makes corrections or insertions if needed, initials and stamps every page and returns it.
7. On receiving the draft, the seller issues the final contract and sends a copy by email. Electronic signature stands until hard copies are exchanged.
8. The buyer’s bank issues an RWA (Ready, Willing & Able) orMT799 as proof of financial capacity, by SWIFT to the seller’s bank, with a courtesy copy to the seller.
9. With the final contract signed and stamped, the buyer’s bank issues thefinancial instrument by SWIFT to the seller’s bank, with a courtesy copy of the SWIFT to the seller.
10. The seller’s bank issues the POP by SWIFT to the buyer’s bank, 7 days after the financial instrument is accepted and blocked.
11. The seller’s bank issues the 2% PBG, to the value of one month of loading, to the buyer’s bank, after receiving the operative financial instrument — long-term contracts only.
12. The seller begins shipments within 30 to 45 days, or earlier, counted from the activated financial instrument.
13. At vessel loading the seller sends the draft BL, draft booking,certificate of origin and phytosanitary certificate, as agreed in the contract, to the buyer and their bank. Payment to the seller’s bank is released within a maximum of 2 days of receipt of those documents.
14. The seller bears freight and insurance costs.

The parties maintain confidentiality over the identity of everyone involved, directly or indirectly, in the transaction. Data remains the property of the party that brought it into the operation.

Accepted instrument

Letter of credit 100% at sight, confirmed, irrevocable, operative, transferable and divisible, valid for 60 banking days, issued within 5 banking days of contract signature, by an issuing bank acceptable to both parties.

Shipment payment by MT103 or TT at sight, against a full set of shipping documents, within a maximum of 3 banking days from receipt of the documentation.

How we can work together

Tell us what you need and we map out the path: route, documentation, timelines and terms, clearly from the first conversation.