Batam, Kepulauan Riau

Indonesian products, handled by people who live at the port.

We buy seaweed, sea grapes, vanilla and coconut charcoal briquettes from producers across Indonesia, check them before they move, and get them onto a vessel from Batam with the paperwork in order.

Barelang Bridge, Batam
Two hours from Singapore
Verified exporter

PT Kahf Global Resources is verified on InaExport, the official B2B export platform of Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade.

Who we are

A small trading team with a short line to the growers.

PT Kahf Global Resources works between Indonesian producers and buyers overseas. We visit the farms and drying yards ourselves, agree grade and packing before money moves, and stay on the message thread until the container is delivered.

Most of our buyers are food processors, ingredient traders, shisha and grill distributors, and importers who have been burned before by a supplier who went quiet. We answer on WhatsApp the same day, in plain language, with photos of the actual lot.

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Based in Batam, Kepulauan Riau
Buyers in Asia, Gulf states and Europe
Order sizes Trial box up to full container
Reply time Same working day, WIB hours
What we do

Four services, one point of contact.

All service detail
01

Product Sourcing

Tell us the product, the grade and the volume. We come back with producers who can actually supply it, not a broker chain.

02

Quality Checking

Moisture, colour, smell, sizing and packing are checked on site. You get photos and sample results before the lot is booked.

03

Export Handling

Invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, phytosanitary and health documents, booking and stuffing all coordinated from Batam.

04

Repeat Supply Planning

For buyers who need the same product every month, we hold a harvest calendar and flag season and price movement early.

On our list right now

Products we move most weeks.

Fresh Indonesian green seaweed in a bowl

Fresh green seaweed

Crisp texture, clean sea smell, packed wet in insulated boxes for short sea and air routes.

Seasonal Fresh sea grapes, also called green caviar

Sea grapes

Green caviar for restaurant and retail buyers. Availability depends on the tide and the weather, so we book early.

Bundle of Indonesian Grade A vanilla beans

Vanilla beans

Grade A gourmet, Grade B and industrial cuts, sorted by length and moisture and vacuum packed.

Coconut charcoal briquette cubes

Coconut charcoal briquettes

Cube, hexagonal and pillow shapes for shisha and grill markets. Ash, burn time and calorific figures on request.

Grades, packing and prices are quoted per enquiry against the current harvest. We do not publish numbers we have not confirmed with the producer that week.

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A seaweed farmer holding a basket of fresh harvest beside her boat
Where it starts

Every lot has a name attached to it.

The seaweed we sell is cut and dried by families who have worked the same shallows for years. We pay on collection, we do not squeeze the farm gate price to win a quote, and we tell buyers exactly which island a lot came from.

That is also why we say no sometimes. If the moisture is wrong or the harvest is thin, we would rather delay a shipment than send you something you have to argue about later.

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Why Batam

Close to the growers, close to the shipping lanes.

Batam sits on one of the busiest stretches of water in the region. We can consolidate a mixed pallet in the morning and have it alongside in Singapore or Jakarta without a long inland leg eating the freshness.

Batam Sourcing, sorting and consolidation base
Singapore and Jakarta Transhipment for long haul routes
Onward Gulf states, East Asia, Europe
Modes Sea freight, air for fresh, courier for samples
From the blog

What we have been shipping.

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Next step

Send us the spec and we will tell you honestly if we can supply it.

Product, grade, volume per shipment, destination port and how often you need it. That is enough for us to come back with a real answer, usually within a day.