Two lanes, one container, the same gate.
Every trade has a supplier lane and a sorter lane. They run in parallel and meet at one point, the KYB checkpoint, where nothing moves until both sides are verified and the names on the documents match. Pick a lane.
One container, five stages, one standard the whole way.
Every Ragtrail container passes the same five stages, whichever lane it starts in. This is what happens at each one.
- 01 · Origin
Graded, weighed and sealed at your yard.
Stock is described against a written spec before a price is agreed. On loading day we take the evidence the buyer will rely on: an opened sample bale on video, the weighbridge ticket, and the seal number going on the door.
- 02 · KYB gate
Nothing moves until both sides clear the same gate.
The seller and the buyer are each verified to the Ragtrail KYB standard: registration, owners, authority to trade, and a bank account in their own name. The name on the contract, the bill of lading and the payment must match. If one doesn't, the box doesn't sail.
- 03 · EPZ or domestic
Freezone or domestic, declared up front and documented accordingly.
EPZ buyers import under bond and sort for re-export. Domestic buyers pay duty and sales tax at import. Both are legitimate. What isn't legitimate is a container that changes route after it lands, so the buyer type is fixed on the trade record before loading.
- 04 · Sorting floor
Opened on the sort floor against the agreed spec.
The buyer unstuffs, opens bales and compares them with the loading evidence and the spec. Any claim is raised inside the claim window, with photographs, against the specific bales. Not as a blanket discount.
- 05 · Pallets / bundles
Out as wholesale pallets or individual bundles.
Sorted output leaves as pressed bales by grade for wholesale and export, or as graded bundles for market traders. Where a charity has asked for it, we report the end-destination split back to them.
- Supplier · 01 · Enquiry and KYB
Tell us what you hold. Send the KYB pack once.
A short enquiry, then the six supplier-side checks: registry, signatories and owners, authority to sell, export compliance, bank account, and a look at the stock.
- Supplier · 02 · Spec and price
A firm price per tonne, against a live buyer spec.
We describe your stock in the same terms the buyer uses (composition, season, presentation) and quote against a verified buyer's current spec. The quote itemises freight, insurance and origin costs, and states your net price per tonne.
- Supplier · 03 · Loading day
Empty box in, evidence recorded, seal on.
You live-load at your yard. Our checklist or inspector records an opened bale, the weighbridge ticket and the seal number on the door.
- Supplier · 04 · The gate
Your side of the gate: current, matched, paid.
Before release we confirm your verification is current and that the buyer on the draft bill of lading is the verified buyer on the contract. You're paid once your loading evidence is accepted .
- Supplier · 05 · Routing
Only to the buyer types your board has approved.
Some trustees prefer domestic sale. Some are comfortable with EPZ re-export. Your preference is recorded on your supplier file and we only allocate your containers to matching buyers.
- Supplier · 06 · Arrival
If a claim is raised, your evidence answers it.
Claims are judged against the loading evidence and the spec, not against a buyer's memory. Where your evidence matches, the claim doesn't land on you.
- Supplier · 07 · Reporting
Where it went, in writing.
A per-container end-destination report: buyer, route, sort outcome by broad grade. Quarterly, in a format trustees and auditors can use.
- Sorter · 01 · Spec
Your spec travels to the origin, not the other way round.
Grade, volume, price band per kilo CIF Karachi, tolerances, payment terms, claim window. We hold it on your file and match supply to it in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
- Sorter · 02 · Offer and contract
A firm offer per container, with photographs.
You see the stock, the supplier type and the origin before you commit. Contract on agreement, then deposit by TT or LC opened.
- Sorter · 03 · The gate
Verified at onboarding, re-screened on this contract.
Your KYB file (registration, owners, importer-of-record status, site visit, duty history, financial standing) is checked as current. The draft bill of lading names your company as consignee, or it doesn't sail.
- Sorter · 04 · Evidence before balance
You see what was loaded before you pay the rest.
Opened sample bales, weighbridge ticket, bale count and seal number, time-stamped and tied to your container, reach you with copy documents.
- Sorter · 05 · Route
Consigned to match your buyer type.
EPZ units receive under zone procedures and bond. Domestic importers clear through Pakistan Single Window with duty and taxes paid. The route on the trade record is the route the box takes.
- Sorter · 06 · Unstuffing
Open it against the spec. Claim inside the window.
Claims cite specific bales with photographs and are settled per kilo on the affected bales, not by a blanket discount on the box.
- Sorter · 07 · Output
Your output, your markets, and your next allocation.
Sorted stock leaves your floor as pressed bales on pallets or graded bundles. Feedback on grade results goes back to the supplier, and your spec rolls forward.
The five stages every container passes through. Both lanes meet at the KYB checkpoint.
From origin warehouse to re-export from Karachi, in 3D.
Ocean freight on the globe, then the local leg in Karachi: port, land freight, warehousing, sorting and re-export.
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Responsibilities at each stage.
| Stage | Supplier | Sorter | Ragtrail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verification | Six supplier checks. Keeps documents current. | Six buyer checks. Site visit access. | Runs both, re-screens per contract. |
| Spec & price | Describes stock honestly, with photographs. | Writes and maintains the buying spec. | Matches spec to supply and issues offers. |
| Loading | Live-loads. Signs invoice and packing list. | Not involved. | Books the box, records evidence, seals. |
| Shipping | Not involved. | Not involved. | Haulage, fumigation, export documents, freight, insurance (CIF). |
| Payment | Receives to verified account. | Deposit or LC. Balance on evidence. | Coordinates. Checks payer and payee names. |
| Arrival | Not involved. | Clears, unstuffs, inspects. Claims in window. | Adjudicates claims against evidence. |
| Reporting | Receives end-destination report. | Reports sort outcome by grade. | Compiles and sends reports. |
Indicative timeline, enquiry to first container: three to six weeks, most of it verification and the first spec .