Disciplined sourcing
We aggregate from regions we know, with relationships built over five years of trading. We turn down lots that don't meet specification — not every harvest is exportable, and we tell you that up front.
Iringa · Tanzania · Est. 2023
Trading Tanzania's harvest with discipline and traceability.
Elengos Trading sources and supplies maize, sorghum, sunflower, groundnuts and cashew from Tanzania's most productive regions — to processors, millers, and importers across East Africa and beyond.
Currently trading Maize Mahindi Sorghum Mtama Sunflower Alizeti Groundnuts Karanga Cashew Korosho
Crops & commodities
What we trade
Five core commodities, sourced direct from Tanzanian growers and aggregation points, graded and tested before shipment. Each crop has its own specification sheet.
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Maize
Mahindi · Zea maysWhite and yellow dent maize from the Southern Highlands.
Specifications → - 02
Sorghum
Mtama · Sorghum bicolorDrought-tolerant white and red sorghum for feed and food markets.
Specifications → - 03
Sunflower
Alizeti · Helianthus annuusHigh-oil sunflower seed for oil pressing and confectionary use.
Specifications → - 04
Groundnuts
Karanga · Arachis hypogaeaIn-shell and shelled groundnuts, manually graded and sorted.
Specifications → - 05
Cashew
Korosho · Anacardium occidentaleRaw cashew nuts (RCN) from Tanzania's southern coastal belt.
Specifications →
Services
From farm gate to FOB.
We operate across the full procurement chain — sourcing from cooperatives and smallholder networks, aggregating at our depots, grading and testing to buyer specification, and managing logistics through to FOB Dar es Salaam or delivery to local processing sites.
Read about our services- I
Sourcing & aggregation
Direct relationships with growers, cooperatives, and aggregators across the Southern Highlands and Lake Zone.
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Quality control
Grading, cleaning, moisture testing, and aflatoxin screening on every lot bound for export.
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Warehousing & fumigation
Secure storage with phosphine fumigation as required by destination markets.
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Export logistics
Documentation, certificates of origin, phytosanitary, and freight coordination through Dar es Salaam port.
Why buyers work with Elengos
Traceable to origin
Every lot is tagged to its sourcing region. For buyers with sustainability or origin requirements, we can document the full chain back to the cooperative or aggregation point.
Tested before shipment
Moisture, foreign matter, and aflatoxin testing happens before bagging — not after dispute. Our pre-shipment certificates accompany every consignment.
Built for repeat trade
Most of our buyers come back. Our model is built for long-term contract relationships, not one-off lots — which means we plan harvest forecasts against your annual demand.
Tell us what you're sourcing.
Whether you're a regional miller, an East African processor, or an importer looking to buy direct from origin — we'd be glad to discuss volume, specification, and timing.