Test Before You Invest: Free Coconut Charcoal Briquettes Samples

A. Why do you have to sample before import

Before purchasing a pack of coconut charcoal briquettes, it’s important to ensure that the quality, shape, and size of the briquettes meet your expectations.

You can ensure its quality by visiting the supplier factory. This is the best way to do it because by visiting the factory, you can personally examine the charcoal and witness the production process. Additionally, you have the chance to interact with the exporter better, so you can put trust in your supplier/agents.

But the disadvantages, it will cost you money, time, and effort.

If you don’t have time to visit the factory, there’s an easier way to check the charcoal’s quality without going to the factory. It simply orders some coconut charcoal samples.

B. How to get samples

To obtain a coconut charcoal sample, you can reach out to us at +6281774125277 or littlebriquette@gmail.com and place an order with your address and your zip/postal code. And, for sure, let us know what types of charcoal you need.

You can see our coconut charcoal product grades by visiting littlebriquette.com

We offer the option to purchase a sample, allowing you to personally test the quality of our coconut charcoal.

By ordering a sample from us, you can have it delivered to your doorstep. This way, you can examine the charcoal and determine if it meets your requirements and expectations before making a larger purchase.

We offer free samples of coconut charcoal briquettes weighing 1 to 2 kg. However, the delivery cost is paid by you.

Maybe the issue here, is order sample can be not effective for your cost. Because some of them say Air Freight cost is too expensive, but this is a long term benefit for you to have a good products selection and also a prepared business project.

We have a DHL membership that can gives you shipment discount from 30-40%, because we actively send samples and export to several countries, so we have this kind of privellege. This allows you to afford samples with less money.

So if you want to order sample with less cost, you can contact us in +6281774125277 or littlebriquette@gmail.com

Don’t hesitate to contact us and order your coconut charcoal sample. We’re here to provide you with a hassle-free experience and ensure you’re satisfied with the quality of our product.

C. Understanding molding types before doing samples

What is molding?

Molding is a manufacturing process that involves shaping raw material, usually in a liquid, semi-liquid, or powdered form, into a specific desired shape using a mold or a die.

Molding for coconut charcoal briquettes involves the process of shaping and compressing coconut charcoal powder or a mixture of coconut charcoal and other ingredients into specific forms or shapes,

often resembling traditional charcoal briquettes. This process enhances the usability.

If coconut charcoal briquettes already be soft after the mixing and blending process, the briquettes will be put in the shaping machine with molding so they will get shaped.

What is molding shape?

The molding shape for charcoal briquettes is usually cubes of 25x25x25, also there are hexagons and fingers.

In several factories, they have lots of molding shapes and sizes because of the customer’s request. So they have variant molding types and widths.

Every molding width has to be detailed, let’s say the briquettes your request is a charcoal cube of :

(25.1) x (25.1) x (25.1)

But your supplier has molding size of:

(25) x (25) x (25)

Then we as suppliers have to design and build new molding for you, and it can take 4-7 days to build it because suppliers need third parties to build it.

Can we custom molding shape?

Yes, you can. If we do not have your briquettes custom size in our molding, we can make the custom molding for you, and it takes 4-7 days to make.

You can custom molding for every size you want, whether it’s a cube with 25,1³ size, or you can custom unique shapes for the molding such as a star shape, love shape, ring shape, etc.

With an addition, the shape has to be the same width and volume. If you request to have a cone shape, then molding cannot do that. Or maybe for example you want a unique logo in your brand such as Real Madrid or Barcelona logo, then molding cannot make that 😂.

In our factory, we even have a molding of a 5x5x5 cube, which is large. But it can be made and we can produce it for our customer by request.

Custom molding policy

The point is, almost all suppliers cannot build custom molding for “samples”. So if you need a sample of a 25.1³ cube, then suppliers cannot build it unless you pay for the molding price.

Why? Because if the supplier pays for the molding by themselves for the samples you request, then you just get their samples without a willingness to start a deal with them. Then it will be a waste of money for the suppliers.

Most suppliers want to build molding if you already deal with them, if you want a sample, then they will give you the size molding they have (that is close to yoursize request).

But if you just want custom samples and still do not know about your dealing with them or not, then they will not make you the custom-size molding.

In Littlebriquette, we also have the same company rules, if you need custom samples, you can deal with us first for an order 20ft or 40ft from us, then we can make it for you.

But if you still don’t know and not make a business decision yet, we recommend you get a sample from our molding, we have a common molding shape such as cube, hexagon, finger, flat circle, etc. With a common size demand such as cube 25³, hexagon 2,5 width, 2,4 width, and 2,1 width.

But if you need custom samples, then we cannot build them unless you pay for the molding price.

For how much light the briquettes, is not that big of a deal. Because custom molding is just focused on their shape width. For length, we can cut it at your request with our cutting machine.

How much price custom molding shape?

Molding price depends on the size request, but the price range is about, Rp 600.000

With building time that takes about 3-7 days.

So if you need custom molding as soon as possible, then we recommend you ask us in 9 or 8 days before.

D. Do Import Coconut Charcoal in Small Size With Plane Worth the Cost?

Do Import Coconut Charcoal in Small Size With Plane Worth the Cost? – This question is asked by one of our customer in Spain, that want to start a charcoal business by start import with a small amount.

He wants to start importing by ordering 1 metric ton, and then sending it via Air Freight.

But we have to sadly refuse because we cannot send it for 1 metric ton, and we also help him to analyze how much profit they will get, and because of the high expenses of shipment, we calculate it and tell our customer that they will have a minus return, and no profits if send it via Air Freight, no matter how much products amount they request.

Importing charcoal briquettes by Air Freight or plane is not worth it unless you do it just for ordering samples, because of their high cost and only for small amounts of products.

The maximum of coconut charcoal briquettes amount for Air Freight is 100kg, but the cost almost reaching for 1 Metric Ton. Coconut briquettes are also dangerous goods products, so it needs more certification and strong regulation, and it will add more cost for the delivery.

But for a sample, it’s worth it because with the sample you can identify your business potential in the future. It’s worth more to put money into samples rather than to get quality failure after an order for dozen tons.

So, if you want to use Air freight, we recommend you to just for the samples. If you want to import with air freight, it will burn your money and you will not get profit back.

You can order samples from us, we have a DHL membership that can give you a shipment discount of 30-40% because we actively send samples and export to several countries, so we have this kind of privilege discount. This allows you to afford samples with less money.

So if you want to order a sample with less money, you can contact us at +6281774125277 or littlebriquette@gmail.com

What requirements and regulations for sampling coconut charcoal briquettes

Regulations for sampling coconut charcoal briquettes are rules that ensure the quality and safety of these products. They specify how to take samples for testing and what criteria the briquettes must meet. These rules help maintain high standards for coconut charcoal briquettes.

For the production and sampling of coconut charcoal briquettes, several general guidelines need to be considered. It’s important to stay updated with the latest regulatory information specific to your region. Typically, regulations cover aspects related to the quality, safety, and environmental impact of the product. Some potential requirements include:

E.      Certifications

E.1 MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) documents information regarding the properties of the chemicals used, for example, the properties of flammable, toxic, corrosive, explosive, reactive, sensitive materials, and others.

MSDS Documents are issued by a surveyor or coconut charcoal supplier, It contains data on how to handle coconut charcoal cargo during transportation.

E.2 SHT (Self-Heating Test)

Self-Heating Test Report. It is an additional laboratory test, made by the independent surveyor that shows your coconut charcoal is not self-flammable. The cost of SHT in Indonesia in 2020. The factory has to send charcoal briquette samples to the lab and wait for the official report.

F.       Do sampling coconut briquettes have quarantine?

The short answer is no, because of the small amount, of fast travel (because via plane) that needs about 1-4 days, then there is no need for quarantine. Sea freight needs a quarantine because of the huge amount of briquettes and it takes weeks to deliver it by cargo.

G.       Who pays for the shipment?

It depends, it can be paid by the suppliers or also can be paid by the importers, it depends on the negotiation. But most suppliers also have their company regulations that say the importers must pay for the sampling shipment, while the suppliers give their sample product free. Why? From our perspective, we don’t want this sample delivery process to be used for resale or to become a business field, or also used for shisha and grilling for free and on purpose to trick us.

Maybe the issue here, is order sample can be not effective for your cost. Because some of them say Air Freight cost is too expensive, but this is a long-term benefit for you to have a good product selection and also a prepared business project.

We have a DHL membership that can give you a shipment discount of 30-40% because we actively send samples and export to several countries, so we have this kind of privilege. This allows you to afford samples with less money.

You dont need to worry about the regulations for custom clearence, because we will do all the job for you.

So if you want to order a sample at less cost, you can contact us at +6281774125277 or littlebriquette@gmail.com

Hope this article helps and i’ll see you soon.

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