Physical commodity trading & sourcing · Sandton, Johannesburg
Five desks.
One counterparty.
Global Deal Inc. trades and sources physical commodities across energy, metals, agriculture, FMCG and healthcare. We take a specification, find the producer, screen the counterparty, structure the payment and follow the cargo to your delivery point — as one contracting party rather than a chain of introducers.
- Delivery terms
- EXW · FOB · CFR · CIF
Incoterms® 2020 - Payment instruments
- DLC at sight · SBLC
CAD · TT - Inspection
- SGS · Intertek
Bureau Veritas - Contract forms
- GAFTA · FOSFA
NCND · IMFPA where mandated - Counterparty screening
- FICA / KYC
UN · OFAC · EU · UK lists
What we are
A trading house, not an introducer
Most sourcing intermediaries pass a name along and step back. We contract. That means we carry the documentation, the payment structure and the inspection chain, and we answer for them — which is also why we trade a defined set of commodities rather than everything that comes past the desk.
Defined book
Five desks, each with products we can actually price and origins we actually buy from. If it falls outside them we say so rather than brokering blind.
Screened counterparties
Every supplier and buyer is put through FICA/KYC and screened against UN, OFAC, EU and UK sanctions lists before anything is quoted. Regulated lines get enhanced due diligence.
Bankable terms
Offers state grade, lot, price basis, validity and lead time. Payment runs on documentary instruments, not promises — and we will tell you when a deal is not bankable.
SADC as home ground
Nearly three decades of distribution and export experience across South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Zambia — registration pathways, ports and customs included.
Execution
How a trade runs
Five stages, in this order, every time. You will know which one your enquiry is sitting in.
Specification
Grade, tonnage, destination, delivery term and target price. Vague enquiries get vague prices, so we pin this down first.
Counterparty
Producers shortlisted on capacity and grade, then screened — company standing, licences, sanctions exposure, beneficial ownership.
Firm offer
A dated offer with lot size, price basis, Incoterm, validity window and lead time. Nothing indicative dressed up as firm.
Contract
Contract signed, payment instrument opened and confirmed, independent inspector appointed and the inspection scope agreed.
Execution
Loading supervised, inspection certificate issued, documents presented, cargo followed to the delivery point named in the contract.
GDI Exchange
Source it yourself, online
The Exchange puts the desk in your hands. Most of it needs no account at all — you only register where the law requires us to know who you are.
Open desks
Browse the catalogue and post a specification straight away. Give us your contact details on the form and the quote comes back to you — no registration, no password.
- Energy — renewables, fuels
- Metals — base metals and ores
- Agriculture — grains, softs, oils
- FMCG — bulk staples and packaging
Regulated desks
Pharmaceuticals, medical devices and precious metals may only be supplied to buyers holding the correct licences in their own territory. We verify that once, up front, before pricing or accepting an enquiry.
- Healthcare — pharmaceuticals
- Healthcare — medical supplies and devices
- Metals — gold, silver and PGMs
Verified applications are reviewed by our team, usually within one business day. Every enquiry — open or verified — gets a response within two business days.
Have a specification? Let's price it.
Send us the grade, tonnage and destination. Our desk comes back within two business days with what we can do and on what terms.
The book
What we trade,
and on what terms
Five desks. Each one lists the products we price, the lot sizes we work in, the origins we buy from, and the delivery and payment terms we contract on. If your requirement sits outside this, tell us anyway — we will say plainly whether we can serve it.
Energy
Open accessWhat we trade
Renewables
Solar PV modules, inverters and balance of plant. Battery energy storage systems. Wind turbine components and towers. Electrolysers for green hydrogen. Waste-to-energy and geothermal equipment on enquiry.
Petroleum & fuels
EN590 10ppm diesel, D2 gasoil, Jet A-1, gasoline, LPG, fuel oil and crude grades. Supplied against verified allocation with full documentation.
How we trade it
- Lot size
- Equipment from one container.
Fuels from 5 000 MT. - Origins
- Gulf · Rotterdam · Singapore · West Africa.
Solar ex China, India, Vietnam. - Delivery
- FOB · CIF · CFR ASWP.
EXW on equipment. - Payment
- SBLC · DLC at sight · CAD · TT.
Metals
Base open · precious verifiedWhat we trade
Base metals
Copper cathode LME grade A, blister copper and wire rod. Aluminium ingot and billet, zinc, lead and nickel. Chrome ore and concentrate, manganese ore, iron ore fines.
Precious metals
Gold, silver and platinum group metals — through verified refinery channels only, with the full beneficial-ownership chain disclosed before we quote.
How we trade it
- Lot size
- Refined metal from 25 MT.
Ores in vessel parcels. - Origins
- South Africa · DRC · Zambia
Zimbabwe · Namibia. - Delivery
- FOB · CIF · CFR.
EXW mine gate or warehouse. - Pricing basis
- LME for base metals.
LBMA for precious. - Payment
- DLC at sight · SBLC
CAD against independent assay.
On precious metals: this is the most heavily defrauded corner of the commodity market. We do not entertain unverified allocations, unnamed sellers or documents that cannot be checked at source. Expect proof of funds, an assay arrangement and enhanced due diligence before any figure is discussed.
Agriculture
Open accessWhat we trade
Grains & staples
Milling and feed wheat, white and yellow maize, long-grain and parboiled rice, soyabean, sorghum and barley.
Softs
Green coffee in arabica and robusta, raw and refined sugar, cocoa and tea. Our coffee desk buys for our own retail roasteries as well as third-party buyers, so cup quality and screen size are assessed rather than assumed.
Oilseeds & edible oils
Crude and refined sunflower, soyabean and palm oil. Sesame, groundnut and speciality oilseeds.
How we trade it
- Lot size
- 25 MT container lots to
30 000 MT vessel parcels. - Origins
- South Africa · Zambia · Tanzania
Ethiopia · Brazil · Black Sea · India. - Delivery
- FOB · CIF · CFR.
- Contract form
- GAFTA or FOSFA
standard forms. - Payment
- DLC at sight · CAD · SBLC.
FMCG & Bulk Staples
Open accessWhat we trade
Food staples, packed
Salt in food and industrial grades. White refined, brown and raw sugar. Flour, maize meal, rice and pulses. Sunflower, vegetable and palm edible oils in retail and catering packs.
Packaging & non-food
Cartons, woven polypropylene sacks, shrink and stretch film, closures and labels.
Where this differs from Desk 03
Agriculture handles raw commodity at vessel scale. This desk handles packed and graded goods at container scale for wholesalers, retailers, distributors and institutional buyers.
How we trade it
- Lot size
- From a single 20ft or 40ft
container upward. - Origins
- South Africa · India · UAE
Turkey · Egypt · Brazil. - Delivery
- FOB · CIF.
EXW ex-plant. - Payment
- DLC · CAD · TT.
Healthcare
Verified buyers onlyWhat we trade
Pharmaceuticals
Registered generic and branded finished-dose products. Anti-infectives, chronic and oncology lines, and cold-chain products. Sourced from WHO-GMP and PIC/S approved manufacturing sites.
Medical supplies & devices
Surgical and medical consumables, infection control, diagnostics and laboratory equipment, PPE and medical devices.
Registration support
Dossier and registration pathway support for SAHPRA and the ZAZIBONA collaborative procedure, and for national authorities across Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Zambia.
How we trade it
- Lot size
- Pack to pallet to
full container. - Manufacture
- WHO-GMP and PIC/S
approved sites. - Delivery
- EXW quoted as standard.
DAP by arrangement. - Payment
- DLC · TT in advance.
- Access
- Verified, licensed
buyers only.
Regulatory position: Global Deal Inc. is an independent sourcing and trading agent. It is not a licensed pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesaler or medical device establishment, and it facilitates supply between accredited manufacturers and qualified business buyers. Pharmaceutical products are not offered for sale within South Africa. Buyers are solely responsible for holding the licences, registrations and import permits required in their own territory, and proof of licensing is required before any regulated transaction is concluded.
Alongside the desks
Trade services
Work we do for clients whether or not the cargo is ours.
Supplier due diligence
Independent verification of a counterparty you have found yourself — company standing, licences, capacity, sanctions exposure and beneficial ownership — before you commit funds.
Tender & bid support
Sourcing to a published tender specification, with landed-cost modelling, compliance documentation and pricing built to the bid schedule.
SADC market entry
Practitioner-level advisory on entering South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Zambia — registration routes, distributor selection and tender strategy.
Logistics & documentation
Freight, insurance, inspection and customs coordination, with the document set built to match the payment instrument rather than fought over afterwards.
Our position
About
Global Deal Inc.
Who we are
A Johannesburg trading house with SADC in its bones
Global Deal Inc. is a physical commodity trading and sourcing house headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg. We buy, sell and source across five defined desks — energy, metals, agriculture, FMCG and healthcare — and we contract as a principal or a mandated agent rather than passing introductions along a chain.
Our leadership brings close to three decades of distribution, retail and export experience across Southern African markets. That background shows up in unglamorous places: knowing which port clears fastest, which registration pathway is realistic, which payment instrument a given bank will actually confirm, and when to walk away from a deal that will not close.
We are deliberately narrow. The desks were consolidated from a wider list because a trading house is judged on what it can price and deliver, not on the length of its catalogue.
- Head office
- Sandton, Johannesburg
South Africa - Trading desks
- Five
- Core region
- SADC, with global
origin sourcing - Sector experience
- ~30 years in distribution,
retail and export - Response time
- Two business days
on every enquiry
What we hold to
Four commitments
Say what is real
Indicative is labelled indicative. A firm offer carries a date, a validity window and a named basis. If we cannot source something, we say so the same day.
Screen before quoting
Counterparty checks come first, not after a deal has momentum. Sanctions, licences, ownership and standing — on both sides of the trade.
Documents that match
The document set is built against the payment instrument from the outset, which is how a presentation gets paid instead of discrepant.
Stay in our book
We trade what we know. Enquiries outside the five desks get an honest referral rather than a speculative quote.
Frameworks
The standards we contract under
Not badges — the actual instruments, rulebooks and third parties that govern how our trades are documented and settled.
These are the frameworks our contracts and procedures are drawn on. Inspection agencies are appointed per shipment and named in the contract. Manufacturing accreditations belong to the producing sites we source from, not to Global Deal Inc.
Reach the desk
Send us a
specification
Grade, tonnage, destination and when you need it. That is enough for us to come back with something useful. We respond to every enquiry within two business days.
For businesses, distributors, institutions and government bodies sourcing through Global Deal Inc. The more specific the requirement, the more useful our reply.
Your details
Requirement
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For producers, refiners, mills, manufacturers and mandated sellers seeking offtake or distribution through our buyer network. We verify every supplier before listing.
Company
Capability
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Not sure which applies? Send a short message and we will route it to the right desk.
Your information stays confidential and is not shared with third parties.
Common questions
Before you enquire
We are a physical commodity trading and sourcing house. We take a buyer's specification, identify and screen a producer capable of meeting it, structure the contract and payment instrument, appoint independent inspection, and follow the cargo to the agreed delivery point. We trade across five desks: energy, metals, agriculture, FMCG and healthcare.
Not for most of what we trade. Energy, base metals, agricultural and FMCG enquiries can be posted on the Exchange with no registration — just the contact details we need to reply. An account is required only for pharmaceuticals, medical devices and precious metals, where supply is licence-controlled and we are obliged to verify who we are dealing with.
Delivery on Incoterms® 2020 — typically EXW, FOB, CFR or CIF depending on the desk. Payment on documentary instruments: DLC at sight, SBLC, cash against documents, or telegraphic transfer. Where a buyer cannot open a workable instrument we will say so early rather than let a deal drift.
Company standing and registration, production or allocation capacity, licences held, and screening against UN, OFAC, EU and UK sanctions lists including politically exposed persons. Regulated and precious metal lines get enhanced due diligence, which includes beneficial-ownership disclosure. Independent inspection is appointed per shipment and named in the contract.
Precious metals attract more fraudulent offers than any other commodity class, particularly out of Africa. Rather than filter that at the enquiry stage, we require verification up front: proof of funds, beneficial ownership, and a refinery or assay arrangement we can check at source. It costs a genuine buyer a few minutes and saves everyone a great deal else.
We are headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg, and our deepest market knowledge is across SADC — South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Zambia. Origins are global: Gulf and Rotterdam for fuels, Black Sea and South America for grains, Asia for solar equipment, Southern Africa for metals and ores.
Within two business days on every enquiry, including the ones we cannot help with. Verified-access applications for regulated desks are usually reviewed within one business day.