Edible Oils
Crude palm, rapeseed, sunflower
Edible Oils
The institutional Kenyan edible-oil flow is crude palm oil, refined at scale by Bidco Africa (Thika), Pwani Oil Products (Kikambala), Kapa Oil Refineries, Menengai Oil Refineries and United Millers. Sunflower oil is the premium-retail segment, smaller in volume and higher in unit value. Rapeseed oil is a niche flow.
We introduce upstream cargo to:
- Bidco Africa — Thika; the dominant Kenyan refiner (Elianto, Kimbo, Cowboy, Rina)
- Pwani Oil Products — Kikambala; Fresh Fri, Salit
- Kapa Oil Refineries — Rinda, Kapa, Tilly
- Menengai Oil Refineries — Top Fry
- United Millers
The Lines
| Product | Lead origin | Volume / shipment |
|---|---|---|
| Crude palm oil (CPO) | Malaysia, Indonesia | 5,000–25,000 MT |
| Sunflower oil | Russia, Ukraine | 5,000–25,000 MT |
| Rapeseed oil | Russia | 5,000–25,000 MT |
Compliance
- EAC CET — crude palm oil HS 1511.10.00 base 10%; refined palm oil HS 1511.90.00 base 25%; crude sunflower oil HS 1512.11.00 at 10%; refined sunflower oil HS 1512.19.00 at 25%.
- VAT — crude as refining feedstock: zero-rated; refined retail oil at 16%.
- KEBS PVoC at loadport through the 2026–2029 cycle's nine appointed firms.
- IDF 2.5%, RDL 2.0%.
Payment
The buyer's bank issues; the seller's bank advises or — where required — confirms. Sarpah is not on the instrument chain. DLC under UCP 600 with charter-party B/L under Article 22 + ISBP 821 G6–G11 is the standard structure for institutional palm-oil cargoes; SBLC under ISP98 / URDG 758 for multi-shipment frame contracts.
Spec anchoring follows Codex Alimentarius CXS 19 (named vegetable oils) for sunflower and rapeseed; CXS 210 for palm oil and its fractions.