A pattamar was the lateen-rigged coastal vessel that carried pepper and grain along the Malabar coast. We carry the same kind of cargo, on the same coast — with an independent certificate of analysis attached to every lot.
Start an enquiry How we verifyIndia is a large, fragmented, opaque supply base. Most of what leaves it goes as anonymous bulk through houses that never name a farm and never publish a figure. We work the other way — small lots, named sources, and a written specification that both sides can measure.
Direct from producer collectives and processing units in the growing district, not from a trading floor. You get the name of the district, the season and the lot — and where the product carries a Geographical Indication, the documentation to support it.
Trade grade names carry no enforceable standard. Our contracts state the measurable parameters that decide the value of the product — and the measurement point, method and tolerance for each one.
We are built for the buyer who wants a pallet or a part-container of something specific, verified and repeatable — not thirty tonnes of the cheapest available. Consignments are consolidated so a small order still ships on sensible economics.
Buying an unfamiliar Indian supplier means carrying contamination risk, consistency risk and documentation risk. We would rather remove those questions before you ask them — so analysis happens before shipment, not after a claim.
Every contract states the physical and chemical parameters that define the lot, the test method for each, the point at which it is measured, and the allowance schedule if it is missed. Grade names appear as labels only.
Sampling to recognised standard, drawn at loading rather than at the supplier's convenience. Three sealed samples: one to you, one to us, one held as reference and signed by both parties.
Multi-residue pesticides, mycotoxins, heavy metals and the relevant microbiological panel, at accredited laboratories, reported to you before the goods sail. Treatment methods are declared in writing.
We are deliberately narrow. We take on categories where India has a genuine quality advantage, where a measurable specification separates good from ordinary, and where we can stand behind the sourcing personally. If it is a commodity that competes only on price, it is not for us.
Better-for-you Indian products with a real story and a real specification — naturally gluten-free, plant-based, and sold on grade, moisture and uniformity rather than on price per tonne.
The categories the pattamar actually carried, and the ones we know best. Handled on the same terms as everything else — named origin, measured specification, independent analysis.
No surprises, and nothing you have to ask twice for. These are our standing terms for a first consignment; they loosen once we have shipped to you.
| Item | Our standing position |
|---|---|
| Samples | Sent free, with the lot card and certificate of analysis attached.Tell us what you make and we will send something worth assessing. |
| Incoterms | CIF or DAP to your nominated port.We do not quote DDP — your customs position is yours to control, and a DDP quote hides costs you should see. |
| Quotation | Per kilogram and per carton, with the cube stated.Your landed cost is driven by volume as much as by weight. You should be able to check our number. |
| Payment | Part advance by telegraphic transfer, balance against documents at sight.Letter of credit accepted. Terms open up after the first shipment. |
| Documentation | Full set scanned to you the day it is lodged with the bank.Invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of analysis, certificate of origin, insurance. |
| If a lot is off-spec | Agreed measurement point and allowance schedule, written into the contract before shipment.Disputes are settled by the method we both signed, not by argument after arrival. |
India is the origin buyers know least and should know best.
India is one of the world's largest food producers and among its largest agricultural exporters, and yet for a great many overseas buyers it remains the origin they are least comfortable with. The reason is rarely the product. It is that the paperwork, the traceability and the consistency have historically been someone else's problem.
Pattamar Trading Co. exists to make that the first thing we solve rather than the last. We take a small number of categories, source them at origin, contract them on measurable specification, and put the analysis in your hands before the goods leave the country.
Registered in India. We ship worldwide and quote to any port.
No forms. Email us directly and a person reads it — we reply within two working days, Indian time. Tell us what you make and we will come back with what we can source, on what terms, and a sample worth assessing — or say plainly if it is not something we should be quoting.
Product enquiries, specifications, offer sheets and sample requests. The fastest route if you are buying.
General questions, introductions, and anything that is not a live enquiry.
Invoices, banking, shipping documents and customs paperwork.
If you do not know the specification yet, say so — working it out with you is part of the job.