Shea Butter Supplier in Australia
Unrefined Grade A and refined N-RBD shea butter, manufactured in Ibadan, Nigeria and shipped to Sydney and Melbourne and Brisbane with a COA for every batch.
Summary
Nigerian shea butter for Australia
Shea trees are not a commercial Australian crop. A formulator in Sydney or a filler in Melbourne is buying a Nigerian or West African fat landed at Sydney. AICIS treats cosmetic shea as an industrial-chemical introduction; Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane split the east-coast doors. EMI Agro works with 5,000+ women collectors in Kwara, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi. Sydney is the usual discharge.
Ask for a batch COA on a NIS 571:2013 basis: free fatty acid, peroxide value, moisture, colour and melting point. Reject lots that smell sharply rancid or pour like liquid oil at room temperature. AICIS filings sit with the Australia importer — they do not replace a COA.
Trial lots start at 5 tonnes; standard orders start at 20 tonnes. Send the request even if you need less — EMI Agro reviews every Australia enquiry against current production of 40 tonnes per week of finished shea butter and can schedule rolling shipments. Lead time is Ibadan production plus ocean time to Sydney. Quotes are EXW, FOB or CIF; each term prices different services beyond the butter.
Two questions. We show the grade, the documents that usually apply and the next step — we do not invent a price.
Products available in Australia
Unrefined Grade A, refined N-RBD and shea press cake are available for Australia.
Cold-pressed, wild-collected unrefined Grade A shea butter from Ibadan, Nigeria: ivory to pale yellow, natural odour, produced to NIS 571:2013 with a Certificate of Analysis on every batch.
Refined N-RBD (neutralised, bleached, deodorised) shea butter: white to off-white, odourless, very low in free fatty acid, specified for food, cocoa butter equivalent, pharmaceutical excipient and neutral cosmetic bases.
The solid residue left after mechanical pressing of shea kernels at EMI Agro Industries, Ibadan: supplied in bulk as an input for animal feed, soap making and organic fertiliser or biomass.
Application notes for cosmetics sit on unrefined Grade A for cosmetics; food use sits on refined N-RBD for food manufacturing.
Shipping to Australia
EMI Agro quotes EXW, FOB, CIF for Australia; the buyer chooses.
| Port | UN/LOCODE | Transit (days) | Serves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | AUSYD | 30–48 | Sydney |
| Melbourne | AUMEL | 30–48 | Melbourne |
| Brisbane | AUBNE | 30–48 | Brisbane |
Container fit for a named format is confirmed on the quote. Use the shea export container calculator when that tool is live.
Regulatory & compliance in Australia
Shea butter imported into Australia is overseen by The Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) regulates cosmetic ingredients as industrial chemicals. A business that introduces (imports) cosmetic chemicals for sale must register with AICIS before the first introduction, with no value threshold. and Food-use shea butter follows the Imported Food Control Act as applied by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry against Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) standards.; customs clearance runs through The Australian Border Force (ABF) takes the import declaration on the Integrated Cargo System. Shea butter is declared under heading 1515.90 on Schedule 3 of the Customs Tariff..
Almost all cosmetic ingredients, including plant oils and butters, are industrial chemicals under AICIS. Notification: AICIS registration is of the Australian business, not of each drum. There is no separate finished-cosmetic notification scheme equivalent to CPNP for a bulk raw-material introduction..
MOQ, pricing basis & payment
- MOQ
- Standard orders start at 20 tonnes. Trial lots start at 5 tonnes. Smaller volumes can still be requested — we review every enquiry against current production.
- Pricing basis
- Quoted per Incoterm. EXW, FOB and CIF attract different prices because each term adds different freight, insurance or local services beyond the shea butter itself.
- Samples
- Trial lots start at 5 tonnes of the named grade. Send the request even if you need less — we review whether we can supply.
Quotes for Australia are built from grade, packaging, Incoterm and port of discharge; tell us those four and we price the lane.
Certifications relevant to Australia
Status words are taken from the quality page. A mark that EMI does not hold is omitted, not listed as “not held”.
Why buyers in Australia choose EMI Agro
- NIS 571:2013 basis with AOCS / ISO methods
- In-house QC lab; a Certificate of Analysis with every batch
- Wild-collected shea nuts via a cooperative network; 5,000+ women collectors
- Direct manufacturer in Ibadan — see about EMI Agro and the sample COA
Buyer-type notes for this region sit on distributors wholesalers.
City hubs we serve in Australia
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Exporting shea butter from Nigeria
HS 1515.90, load ports and export documents.
Products
Unrefined Grade A, refined N-RBD and shea press cake.
Buyer type
How this market usually buys.
Frequently asked questions
Last reviewed September 2026 by EMI Agro Industries QC team.
Manufacturer-direct from Ibadan, Nigeria
Get a bulk shea butter quote for Australia
Unrefined Grade A or refined N-RBD, with a COA for the batch. Tell us grade, volume and the discharge port.
You have just read Shea Butter Supplier in Australia. The next step is a real lot from the factory that produces it — EMI Agro, with factory-direct pricing and a batch Certificate of Analysis.
Trusted manufacturer
EMI Agro Industries Limited (RC 9364495) presses the butter in Ibadan — we are not a trading company.
Competitive factory-direct prices
Quoted EXW, FOB or CIF — the buyer chooses. You pay the factory, not a chain of middlemen.
Export-ready supply
We ship to European Union, United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Southeast Asia, China, India, Middle East, Latin America. Load ports: Apapa (Lagos) or Tin Can Island (Lagos).
Documented lots
40 tonnes per week of finished shea butter, a Certificate of Analysis on every batch, NAFDAC registered and SON approved.