GLOBAL SPICE, HERB & BOTANICAL TRADE
We source, inspect, and ship whole spice, live herbs, and botanicals for grocers, distributors, and kitchens across four continents.
CARGO MANIFEST — LOT 001
We source whole spice at origin and move it fast — grinder-ready pepper, sun-dried chile, and the crates that carry them across three oceans.
CARGO MANIFEST — LOT 002
Living herbs, potted and packed the same morning they leave the nursery — rosemary, fern, and aloe stay in soil until the last possible mile.
CARGO MANIFEST — LOT 003
Bloom, root, and fungus in one hold — hibiscus for tea, ginger for the kitchen, wild mushroom foraged and dried within the week.
COMPANY FILE — NO. 01
Amber Route started as a single dockside broker moving black pepper between two ports. Two decades on, we run our own inspection labs and packing houses at origin, so nothing changes hands more than it has to before it reaches you.
We buy from growers and cooperatives directly, cutting the chain of brokers between soil and ship.
Every lot is lab-tested for purity, moisture, and contaminants before it clears our warehouse.
Fair prices at origin and low-impact freight routing, audited each season.
OPERATIONS LOG — NO. 02
Growers and cooperatives are vetted at origin, season by season.
Independent lab testing for purity, moisture, and residue.
Climate-appropriate packing, batch-coded for full traceability.
Phytosanitary certificates and customs paperwork filed in advance.
Ocean or air freight, tracked door-to-door to your facility.
COMPLIANCE RECORD — NO. 03
CLIENT LEDGER — NO. 04
“Lead times dropped by a third once we moved our pepper and chile sourcing to Amber Route. Documentation is always ready before the container is.”
“The living-herb line arrives healthier than anything we sourced locally. Their cold-chain handling is the best we have used.”
“Traceability down to the cooperative. Our compliance team stopped flagging their shipments after the first quarter.”
INQUIRY DESK — NO. 05
Tell us what you need moved and where. We’ll send a quote with lead times, MOQs, and landed cost within one business day.