Canned Tomato Paste (Tins & Sachets, 22-24% and 28-30% Brix, Double Concentrate)

70 g, 400 g, 800 g and 2.2 kg tins and sachets for retail, wholesale and foodservice

Canned tomato paste is the kitchen staple of the West African and Middle East open market: a 70 g tin bought one at a time, a 400 g or 800 g tin for the household, a 2.2 kg tin for restaurants and caterers, and sachets where cash is short. The buyer specifies the concentration, the tin or sachet, the net weight, the carton count and the label. Concentration is stated as Brix: the Codex standard CXS 57-1981 calls a concentrate paste from 24% natural total soluble solids and puree below that, so a 22-24% product is sold under the name the destination's rules allow, while 28-30% is the band sold as double concentrate; Italian rules reserve "doppio concentrato" for at least 28% dry residue net of added salt and "triplo concentrato" for at least 36%. Many retail packs are made by diluting industrial drum paste to the tin's Brix, so the offer states the declared Brix and whether starch, colour or other fillers are absent. Tins carry their own limits: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/915 caps inorganic tin in canned food at 200 mg/kg, lead is tested against the destination's limit, and Regulation (EU) 2024/3190 has banned bisphenol A in food contact materials, with coatings for fruit and vegetable cans allowed until 20 July 2028. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations under HS 2002.90, which covers both drum and retail paste, show where the staple trade goes: China shipped 83,300 MT to Ghana, 67,800 MT to Nigeria, 37,000 MT to Togo, 28,600 MT to Côte d'Ivoire and 18,300 MT to Sierra Leone, Italy shipped 66,800 MT to Libya and 6,500 MT to Burkina Faso, and Türkiye shipped 60,900 MT to Iraq, with Saudi Arabia and Oman also among China's buyers.

The buyer is an importer-distributor, a wholesaler, a supermarket chain's private-label desk or a foodservice supplier, and the offer is a price per carton for a stated tin, Brix and label. Nigeria is the exception to plan around: tomato paste or concentrate put up for retail sale is on its customs import prohibition list, NAFDAC has stated that importing tinned tomato paste is prohibited, and the revised list effective 1 April 2026 keeps retail-packed paste for domestic producers; the ban does not name bulk concentrate in drums imported for local packing, which carries its own duty and levy, confirmed at the time of the contract. CBIL does not offer retail tins or sachets for Nigeria. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers canned tomato paste from Chinese, Italian and Turkish packers against the competent-authority health certificate, the packer's certificate of analysis for Brix, tin and microbiology, a certificate of origin, a halal certificate from a certifier the destination accepts and label checks for language, date marking and importer registration. For US and EU buyers, Chinese-origin paste is offered only with the plant and the source of the paste named, because tomato products from Xinjiang are presumed made with forced labour under the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and the EU Forced Labour Regulation applies from 14 December 2027. Cartons of 50 or 100 x 70 g, 48 x 400 g, 24 x 800 g or 6 x 2.2 kg move palletised or floor-loaded in 20-ft dry containers on FOB, CFR and CIF terms, with new-crop packs from the northern hemisphere processing season of July to September. Send the Brix, tin or sachet size, carton count, label, volume and discharge port.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.