Seeds ExporterSeeds exporter from Pakistan, since 1957
Kohenoor International exports forage, sprouting, oil and spice seeds from Pakistan to importers in 70+ countries: alfalfa, berseem, rhodes grass, Panicum, Brachiaria, sorghum, guar, sesame, castor, fenugreek, fennel, cress and sixteen more lines. Every container leaves Karachi with an ISTA-format test report from our in-house lab, a DPP phytosanitary certificate and a chamber certificate of origin.
Third-generation family exporter, ISO 9001:2015 and HACCP certified, 500,000-farmer grower network, 150 staff. Quotes within 24 hours; MOQ one 20ft container unless the product page says otherwise.
What we export
Twenty-eight products across forage seed, sprouting seed, industrial seed, oilseed, spices, botanicals, nuts and mineral salt. Each product page carries the full specification, HS code, packing, seasons and the documents that ship with it.
Alfalfa (Lucerne) Seed
KN92 and TAIZTAR, 99% purity, 85% germination. Non-dormant dairy forage seed for the Gulf, Africa and Central Asia.
Sprouting Alfalfa Seed (food grade)
Food-grade KN92, 99.5% purity, 90% germination, Salmonella and E. coli tested per lot. MOQ 500 kg for sprout and microgreen growers.
Berseem Clover Seed
Mescavi-type Egyptian clover, 99% purity, 85% germination. Multi-cut winter forage for the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Persian Clover Seed
Shaftal (Trifolium resupinatum), 99% purity, 85% germination. Cold-tolerant winter forage for Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and Türkiye.
Rhodes Grass Seed
Fine-cut and Katambora types, de-awned, 98% purity, 80% germination. Hay and pasture grass for the Gulf, East Africa and South-East Asia.
Sorghum & Sudan Grass Seed
BMR 313 forage hybrid, grain, sweet and Sudan grass. 98% purity, 85% germination. Summer silage, green chop and grain.
Sesbania Seed
Dhaincha (Sesbania sesban / aculeata), 98% purity, 90% germination. Green manure, saline-soil reclamation and fodder.
Guar Seed
KN17 and GumMaster, 99% purity, 85% germination. Sowing seed for gum growers in the Americas, China and India; raw guar for gum mills.
Ryegrass Seed
Annual / Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum), tetraploid, endophyte-free, 98% purity, 85% germination. Winter pasture for Iran, Türkiye and Central Asia.
Hybrid Pearl Millet (Baymisaal)
Baymisaal multi-cut forage hybrid, 98% purity, 85% germination, no prussic acid. Summer fodder for East Africa, the Sahel and the Gulf.
Sesame Seed
Natural white, black and mixed sesame, 99% purity, Sortex-cleaned, 50–52% oil. For crushing, tahini, bakery and hulling.
Fenugreek Seed
Bold and machine-clean grades, 99% purity, plus sprouting and sowing grades. Spice, sprouting, feed and extraction for China, EU, US and Australia.
Dried Rose Petals & Buds
Rosa damascena petals, buds and powder, shade-dried and hand sorted, 10/20 kg cartons, MOQ 100 kg. Tea, cosmetics and confectionery.
Pine Nuts
Chilgoza (Pinus gerardiana) in-shell and kernels, Grade A, aflatoxin tested, 10/25 kg packs, MOQ 500 kg. Snack and confectionery.
Himalayan Pink Salt
Khewra pink salt, 98% NaCl, fine, coarse, granules and blocks, heavy-metal tested. 25 MT per 20ft, weight-limited.
Dried Red Chillies
Whole long, whole round and stemless Kunri chillies, ASTA 80–120, Sortex sorted, aflatoxin and Sudan-dye tested. For spice and oleoresin.
Nigella (Kalonji) Seed
Machine-clean Nigella sativa, 99% purity, 32–38% oil, thymoquinone reported. Spice, cold-pressed oil and supplement grade.
Licorice Root
Glycyrrhiza glabra whole root, cut and powder, sorted, glycyrrhizin 3–5%, 25 kg bales. Extract, tea and confectionery grade.
Dried Sea Buckthorn Berries
Whole dried Hippophae rhamnoides berries from Gilgit-Baltistan, wild-harvested, shade-dried, sorted, 10/20 kg packs, MOQ 200 kg.
Ephedra (Ma Huang) Herb
Dried Ephedra stems from Balochistan, sorted, alkaloids reported, 25 kg bales. Regulated raw material for licensed importers in Korea and Taiwan only.
Cumin Seed
Machine-clean and Sortex cumin, 99–99.5% purity, 2.5–4% volatile oil, harvested March–April. Spice grade for the Gulf, Egypt, US, UK and Brazil.
Basil (Tukhm‑e‑Balanga) Seed
Food-grade Ocimum basilicum seed, 99% purity, swelling ratio 1:20, Sortex-cleaned, 25 kg bags. For beverages, falooda and desserts.
Cress (Garden Cress / Halim) Seed
Lepidium sativum, food-grade sprouting and sowing grades, 99% purity, 90% germination, Salmonella tested. Sprouts, microgreens, halim.
Fennel Seed
Bold green, machine-clean and Sortex fennel, 99% purity, 1.5–3% volatile oil. Spice, tea and extraction grade for the Gulf, Egypt, US, UK, Germany and Brazil.
Castor Seed
Bold and hybrid castor, 99% purity, 45–50% oil, for oil crushing and sowing (85% germination). 50 kg bags, ricin handling note supplied.
Panicum (Guinea / Mombasa Grass) Seed
Megathyrsus maximus Mombasa and Tanzania types, 95% purity, 70% germination. High-yield tropical cut-and-carry and grazing grass; 5–6 MT per 20ft.
Brachiaria (Signal / Ruzi / Mulato type) Seed
Urochloa ruziziensis, brizantha type and Kohenoor Velvet Grass, 90% purity, 60% germination. Persistent pasture for acid and low-fertility tropical soils.
Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense) Seed
Sorghum halepense perennial forage type, 95% purity, 75% germination. Perennial hay and managed grazing for Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Egypt and Central Asia; restricted in USA and Australia.
How buying works in 5 steps
The process from enquiry to delivery, as it actually runs for a first-time importer. The full version is on the import guide.
- 1. Enquiry. Send product, quantity, destination port and target sowing or use date by the form below, email or WhatsApp. We reply with a pro forma invoice within 24 hours: FOB or CIF price, MOQ, lead time and document list.
- 2. Sample and specification. A 500 g–1 kg sample and the current lab report go out by courier at cost. You confirm purity, germination, variety and pack size; we lock the lot.
- 3. Contract and payment. Sales contract on our pro forma; payment by LC at sight or 30% advance with 70% against a copy of the bill of lading.
- 4. Production and documents. Cleaning, bagging and lab testing take 2–4 weeks. DPP inspection and phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin, ISTA-format report and, if needed, fumigation are done before loading.
- 5. Loading and shipping. Container stuffed at our Hyderabad warehouse or Karachi CFS with loading photos sent the same day. Transit is 5–12 days to the Gulf, 12–20 days to Africa and the Mediterranean, 20–28 days to East Asia and Europe.
Quality you can check before you pay
Our seed testing laboratory works to ISTA rules: purity analysis on a working sample, germination on 400 seeds in four replicates, moisture by oven method, and a separate dodder and other-seed count. Every lot also passes over Buhler Sortex optical sorters before bagging. The lab report goes to the buyer before payment, and we accept re-testing by any ISTA-accredited station as the reference.
Documents supplied with every shipment
Customs clearance in most countries needs the same six documents. All are issued or arranged by us and sent as scans before the vessel sails, with originals by courier or through the bank under an LC.
- Phytosanitary certificate — Department of Plant Protection (DPP), Government of Pakistan
- Certificate of origin — Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- ISTA-format purity and germination test report — Kohenoor laboratory
- Commercial invoice and packing list with lot numbers and bag counts
- Bill of lading — shipping line, Karachi or Port Qasim
- Fumigation certificate on request; COA and MSDS for herbs, spices and botanicals
Markets
Kohenoor ships to 70+ countries. The markets section has a page for each of the 56 destinations we serve most often, with ports, transit times from Karachi, the plant-quarantine authority and the import documents that authority asks for. The Gulf takes forage seed for dairy farms; East Africa and the Sahel take sorghum, pearl millet and rhodes; Central Asia takes alfalfa, ryegrass and Sudan grass by road and rail; East Asia and Europe take sprouting seed, sesame, fenugreek and botanicals.
For Arabic-speaking buyers, our Dubai entity Kehkashan International L.L.C-FZ (kehkashanco.com) can invoice and deliver from the UAE.
Why buyers switch to Kohenoor
Most of our new customers arrive after a bad experience elsewhere: a lot that tested 70% on arrival, a phytosanitary certificate with the wrong wording, a shipment three weeks late for sowing. What they get here:
- Seed from our own contracted growers, not the open market, so variety and lot identity are known from field to bag.
- An in-house ISTA-standard lab that tests every lot before it is offered, and again before dispatch if the certificate is older than 90 days.
- Phytosanitary certificates drafted to the importing country's exact additional-declaration wording, checked against the permit before DPP inspection.
- Season planning: we tell you the realistic loading date for new crop and hold prior-crop stock so autumn sowings are never missed.
- Sixty-nine years of export history, ISO 9001:2015, HACCP, TDAP registration, Australian Seed Federation membership and an office you can visit in Hyderabad.
Frequently asked questions
What seeds does Pakistan export?
Pakistan's main seed exports are forage seed (alfalfa, berseem, Persian clover, rhodes grass, Panicum, Brachiaria, sorghum, Johnson grass, pearl millet, sesbania, ryegrass), guar seed, sesame and castor, and spice seeds such as fenugreek, fennel, cumin, nigella and garden cress. Kohenoor exports all of these plus dried rose petals, pine nuts, licorice, sea buckthorn and Himalayan pink salt.
What is the minimum order quantity?
One 20ft container, which is 18–20 MT for most seed. Exceptions: sprouting alfalfa 500 kg, rose petals 100 kg, pine nuts 500 kg, sea buckthorn 200 kg. LCL lots of 2–5 MT are possible on some lines at a higher per-kg rate.
How do you price seed: FOB or CIF?
Both. Standard quotes are FOB Karachi or Port Qasim; CIF to your port is quoted on request using the current freight rate. Prices are per kg or per MT in USD, valid for 7–14 days, and depend on crop year, purity grade, pack size and quantity. See the pricing and MOQ page.
Which payment terms do you accept?
Irrevocable LC at sight from a recognised bank, or 30% advance by TT with the balance 70% against a copy of the bill of lading. First orders from new buyers are usually on one of these two; open-account terms are considered after several shipments.
How long from order to delivery?
Production and documents take 2–4 weeks after payment or LC receipt. Sea transit from Karachi is 5–12 days to the Gulf, 10–16 days to East Africa and the Mediterranean, 18–28 days to East Asia and Europe, and 30–45 days to the Americas. Road delivery to Afghanistan takes 2–5 days.
Can I visit your facility or get a third-party inspection?
Yes. Buyers visit the Hyderabad warehouse, lab and Sortex lines by appointment. SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek and Cotecna all inspect and sample at our premises; pre-shipment inspection is standard for Iraq and is arranged for any buyer who asks.
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