Which ports should a South Korea buyer name on the quote?

Name Busan, Incheon. EMI Agro loads at Apapa and Tin Can Island in Lagos. Inland cities in South Korea are served from those discharge ports, not from a local EMI warehouse.

Which Incoterms does EMI Agro quote for South Korea?

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

Can a South Korea 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 South Korea 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 South Korea

Q: How long does a South Korea order take?

Lead time is Ibadan production plus ocean time to Busan. 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 Busan and Incheon with a COA for every batch.

Yes — EMI Agro Industries exports bulk shea butter to South Korea: 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 Busan (32–50 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 South Korea

South Korea does not grow shea as a commercial crop. Drums arriving at Busan are West African origin — a South Korea formulator is buying an imported fat, not a domestic oilseed. MFDS registers the responsible cosmetic distributor; UNI-PASS clears Busan or Incheon. Seoul buyers haul from Incheon. Buyers also search 시어버터. EMI Agro works with 5,000+ women collectors in Kwara, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi. Seoul buyers usually take the inland haul from Incheon.

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. MFDS filings sit with the South Korea 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 South Korea 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 Busan. Quotes are EXW, FOB or CIF; each term prices different services beyond the butter.

What are you buying shea butter for in South Korea?

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 South Korea

Unrefined Grade A, refined N-RBD and shea press cake are available for South Korea. Locally it is also called 시어버터.

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 South Korea

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

Ports of discharge in South Korea and sea transit from Lagos (port-to-port, days; sources and dates in References)
Port	UN/LOCODE	Transit (days)	Serves
Busan	KRPUS	32–50	Busan
Incheon	KRINC	32–50	Seoul

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 South Korea

Shea butter imported into South Korea is overseen by The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) administers the Cosmetics Act. A person who distributes or sells imported cosmetics must register as a responsible cosmetic distributor. Functional cosmetics need a separate MFDS examination or report. and MFDS also regulates imported food. Food-use shea butter is entered as a vegetable fat and needs the importer's food-import filings, not a finished-food approval for the Nigerian plant.; customs clearance runs through Korea Customs Service takes the entry on UNI-PASS. Shea butter is declared under heading 1515.90; the importer confirms the 10-digit HSK line on the KCS tariff / UNI-PASS..

Finished cosmetics placed on the Korean market follow the Cosmetics Act. Notification: Each cosmetics import is preceded by a standard customs-clearance advance report (전자 표준통관예정보고) filed with the Korea Pharmaceutical Traders Association before UNI-PASS release. Bulk raw-material drums follow the raw-material path on that report, not a finished-product functional-cosmetics file..

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

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 South Korea are built from grade, packaging, Incoterm and port of discharge; tell us those four and we price the lane.

Certifications relevant to South Korea

Certifications buyers in South Korea ask for, and EMI Agro's current status
Certification	Why buyers in South Korea ask	EMI Agro status
HACCP	Buyers in South Korea ask for this mark	In progress
COSMOS	Buyers in South Korea 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 South Korea 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 food manufacturers.

City hubs we serve in South Korea

Seoul

National cosmetics and food buying hub

Busan

Principal container port

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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 South Korea

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 South Korea. 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.

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