Which tariff line does a Canada importer declare for bulk shea butter?

Start from HS heading 1515.90. Canada extends that heading to the national line recorded on this page (Canadian Customs Tariff heading 1515.90). The importer, not the exporter's six-digit invoice code, confirms the full statistical number on the Canada tariff for the entry date.

Does Health Canada make a Nigerian factory register before selling shea butter into Canada?

Health Canada rules apply to the Canada responsible person or importer for finished cosmetics or food, as this guide states. A factory that only supplies bulk drums should not assume it must open a local portal account. Finished-product notification stays with the buyer in Canada.

Which documents travel with a Lagos container bound for Montreal?

EMI Agro issues the commercial invoice, packing list and a Certificate of Analysis per batch. The carrier issues the bill of lading. Nigerian export files (certificate of origin and Form NXP) travel with the shipment. Canada import filings — the customs declaration and any Health Canada notice — are the buyer's.

How long does a typical West Africa service take from Lagos to Montreal?

Ocean time to Montreal is shown on this page as a typical West Africa container range, not a booked schedule. Confirm the live ETD/ETA on the carrier tool when you book. Inland time from Montreal to a warehouse in Canada is extra.

Refined N-RBD · Canada

Refined N-RBD shea butter for pharmaceutical excipient in Canada

Refined N-RBD shea butter for pharmaceutical excipient shipped from Lagos to Canada.

Refined N-RBD shea butter for pharmaceutical excipient is not grown in Canada. EMI Agro presses it in Ibadan and loads at Lagos for Montreal. Health Canada filings sit with the Canada importer. The specification table below is what to write into the purchase order; quantity is confirmed on the quote.

Why this grade in Canada

Canada does not grow shea as a commercial crop. Refined N-RBD shea butter for pharmaceutical excipient is imported from West Africa. EMI Agro loads at Apapa and Tin Can Island for Montreal (typical ocean range 20–32 days). Health Canada filings sit with the importer in Canada.

Duty, documents and clearance live on the import guide for Canada. Packs, quote basis and ports live on the supplier page.

Nigerian shea butter for Canada

Shea is not grown in Canada. A formulator in Canada who wants bulk shea butter is buying a Nigerian or West African fat, not a domestic oilseed. Health Canada notification is bilingual; Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver split the coasts. EMI Agro works with 5,000+ women collectors in Kwara, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi. Toronto buyers usually take the inland haul from Montreal.

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. Health Canada filings sit with the Canada 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 Canada 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 Montreal. Quotes are EXW, FOB or CIF; each term prices different services beyond the butter.

What are you buying shea butter for in Canada?

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

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Recommended specifications for pharmaceutical excipient

Recommended specification for refined n-rbd shea butter as a pharmaceutical excipient — parameters to write into a purchase specification on a NIS 571:2013 basis. EMI contractual targets are available on request; batch values sit on each COA. This is not a pharmacopoeial monograph.
Parameter	Target for pharmaceutical excipient	Why it matters	Test method
Free fatty acid (FFA)	Available on request	Purity and irritation risk in a topical base; the tight refined ceiling.	AOCS Ca 5a-40 / ISO 660
Peroxide value (PV)	Available on request	Oxidation products in an excipient fat.	AOCS Cd 8-53
Moisture and volatiles	Available on request	Water in an anhydrous ointment base.	AOCS Ca 2b-38 / ISO 662
Slip melting point	Available on request	Spread and set of the topical base.	AOCS Cc 3-25
Colour	Available on request	Batch-to-batch appearance of a cream or ointment.	AOCS Cc 13e-92
Unsaponifiable matter	Available on request	Identity; shea is characteristically high.	AOCS Ca 6a-40

How to import shea butter into Canada

Duty, documents and clearance.

Shea butter supplier in Canada

Grades, ports and a quote.

Refined N-RBD Shea Butter for Pharmaceutical Excipient Use

The full specification without a country overlay.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed September 2026 by EMI Agro Industries QC team.

Manufacturer-direct from Ibadan, Nigeria

Quote Refined N-RBD shea butter for Canada

Name the grade, the volume and the discharge port. We reply with the document set and a current COA.

You have just read Refined N-RBD shea butter for pharmaceutical excipient in Canada. 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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