Which ports should a Oman buyer name on the quote?

Name Sohar, Salalah. EMI Agro loads at Apapa and Tin Can Island in Lagos. Inland cities in Oman are served from those discharge ports, not from a local EMI warehouse.

Which Incoterms does EMI Agro quote for Oman?

EXW, FOB or CIF, chosen by the Oman buyer. Each term prices different services beyond the butter — factory gate in Ibadan, Lagos load, or freight and insurance to Sohar. There is no published OMR price list per kilogram.

Can a Oman formulator see a COA before a first container?

A current Certificate of Analysis for the named grade is sent with the quote pack. Trial lots for Oman start at 5 tonnes and still travel with a batch COA. Every production batch ships with its own COA.

Supplier by country

Shea Butter Supplier in Oman

Q: How long does a Oman order take?

Lead time is Ibadan production plus ocean time to Sohar. EMI Agro produces 40 tonnes per week of finished shea butter and can schedule rolling shipments when the purchase order names a programme. Exact weeks depend on the quantity.

Unrefined Grade A and refined N-RBD shea butter, manufactured in Ibadan, Nigeria and shipped to Sohar and Salalah with a COA for every batch.

Yes — EMI Agro Industries exports bulk shea butter to Oman: unrefined Grade A (cold-pressed, wild-collected), refined N-RBD and shea press cake, produced in Ibadan and loaded at Apapa (Lagos) and Tin Can Island (Lagos) for Sohar (18–28 days). Every shipment carries a batch Certificate of Analysis on a NIS 571:2013 basis; 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..

Nigerian shea butter for Oman

Oman does not produce shea nuts. Gulf and Levant buyers import the fat as they do other tropical vegetable butters. Sohar serves Muscat; Salalah is the east-west transshipment alternative. EMI Agro works with 5,000+ women collectors in Kwara, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi. Sohar 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. MOH filings sit with the Oman 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 Oman 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 Sohar. Quotes are EXW, FOB or CIF; each term prices different services beyond the butter.

What are you buying shea butter for in Oman?

Two questions. We show the grade, the documents that usually apply and the next step — we do not invent a price.

Use

Quantity

Products available in Oman

Unrefined Grade A, refined N-RBD and shea press cake are available for Oman.

Unrefined Grade A Shea Butter

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 Shea Butter

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.

Shea Press Cake

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 Oman

EMI Agro quotes EXW, FOB, CIF for Oman; the buyer chooses.

Ports of discharge in Oman and sea transit from Lagos (port-to-port, days; sources and dates in References)
Port	UN/LOCODE	Transit (days)	Serves
Sohar	OMSOH	18–28	Muscat
Salalah	OMSLL	18–28	—

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 Oman

Shea butter imported into Oman is overseen by MOH decides whether a cosmetic product needs registration or a classification letter before mainland sale. Bulk industrial shea is usually treated as a raw material, not a finished cosmetic.; customs clearance runs through Oman applies the GCC Integrated Customs Tariff (12-digit codes on HS 1515.90). The importer confirms the full line on the national tariff system..

Finished cosmetics placed on the Oman mainland market follow MOH product rules.

The full procedure — tariff line, registration, documents, transit and clearance — is in our step-by-step guide to importing shea butter into Oman.

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.
Lead time: Lead time is Ibadan production time plus ocean time to the named port. EMI Agro produces 40 tonnes per week of finished shea butter and can schedule rolling shipments. Exact weeks depend on the quantity on the purchase order.
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 Oman are built from grade, packaging, Incoterm and port of discharge; tell us those four and we price the lane.

Certifications relevant to Oman

Certifications buyers in Oman ask for, and EMI Agro's current status
Certification	Why buyers in Oman ask	EMI Agro status
COSMOS	Buyers in Oman ask for this mark	In pursuit

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 Oman 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 Oman

Muscat

National buying hub

Shea butter supplier in the United Arab Emirates

Manufacturer-direct bulk shea for the United Arab Emirates.

Shea butter supplier in Saudi Arabia

Manufacturer-direct bulk shea for Saudi Arabia.

Shea butter supplier in Qatar

Manufacturer-direct bulk shea for Qatar.

Shea butter supplier in Kuwait

Manufacturer-direct bulk shea for Kuwait.

Shea butter supplier by country

All published supplier pages.

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 Oman

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 Oman. 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.

Request a quote Request a COA