ETG began operations in China with the installation of a state-of-the-art sesame processing facility in Tianjin in 2011. Over the last decade, we have established a corporate office in Qingdao, grown our local team to over 200 people and leveraged our global reach to provide a diverse bouquet of products and services to Chinese businesses and consumers.

Our Commitment to China’s Success Story

China has long been one of the fastest growing economies in the world and today it stands as the world’s largest consuming market with rapidly rising standards of living, a burgeoning upper-middle income class and a population that is increasingly conscious of the importance of health and wellness.

For nearly a decade now, China has been one of the key strategic markets for ETG. Starting with the $70 Mn. investment in our 100,000 sqm processing facility in Tianjin, we now manage an over $250 Mn.+ business in China.

Today our commodity portfolio in China extends to nearly every major variety and origin of pulses, sesame seeds, peanuts, and tree nuts. Through our processing facility in Tianjin, we provide a wide range of sesame ingredients to consumers and our customers in the Hotels, Restaurants and Catering segment.

As we supply commodities from the world to China, we also leverage our trademark two-way supply chain to bring Chinese business to the rest of the world. We procure a wide range of agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides from China for our 16 blending plants in Africa and our key customers – small and large-scale farmers in Africa and the world.

Through our logistics arm, we connect China with every part of Africa. Long the most challenging of continents for managing logistic lines, ETG has built specialized strength in over 23 countries in Africa. With our 400+ warehouses, our Trucks-On-Line platform, custom clearing licenses and agency tie-ups, we can provide end-to-end services to all our customers in China.