About M/S S.S Trading

Who we are

A trading house, not a broker

M/S S.S Trading imports spices into Bangladesh and supplies them to the businesses that turn them into products: masala manufacturers and grinders, retail re-packers, food processors, hotel and restaurant kitchens, and wholesalers serving their own districts.

The business is run by Tamim Hossain (Sabuj) as proprietor, from Shop No. 100, 5 No. Gulbodon Super Market in Moulvi Bazar. That location matters more than it sounds. Moulvi Bazar is where imported spice actually changes hands in Bangladesh — being inside the market rather than quoting from outside it is why we know today's price movement instead of last week's.

What we set out to fix

Most spice buyers in this country have the same complaint, and it is never really about price. It is that the grade delivered does not match the grade discussed, that nobody will put a specification in writing, and that when a lot is wrong there is no single person who owns the problem.

So the way we trade is deliberately narrow: name the grade, offer against a drawn sample, quote a landed price with duty and VAT already inside it, and give the buyer one person to call. It is slower to win an order that way. It is far cheaper to keep one.

What we handle

17 regular lines — green cardamom, cumin, cassia and true cinnamon, clove, black and white pepper, dried red chilli, coriander, turmeric, bay leaf, star anise, nutmeg and mace, fennel, fenugreek, dry ginger, mustard and poppy seed, plus ground and blended masala. Beyond that we indent against a written specification: if you can specify a dry food ingredient, we can price it from origin.

How we buy

Directly at origin wherever the volume justifies it — India, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Madagascar and Türkiye — plus farm-gate sourcing inside Bangladesh for local turmeric, chilli and mustard during season. Cutting out layers is the only honest way to be competitive on price and still traceable on grade.