Terms of Service

1. Who we are

These Terms govern your dealings with Commodity Brokerage International Limited (“CBIL”, “we”, “us”), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 14724564, with its registered office at 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom. The registered office is an address for service; it is not a trading floor, warehouse or storage facility. By corresponding with us, submitting an enquiry through our website, or engaging us on a transaction, you agree to these Terms.

2. What we do

CBIL is a commodity brokerage company. We act as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of physical commodities. We are not a producer, refinery, terminal, trader or stockholder, and we do not take title to goods, hold inventory, or act as principal in any sale. Indicative prices shown on our website are reference levels, not offers.

Our role in a transaction is to identify a counterparty, verify what can be verified about the goods and the parties, carry the correspondence, and bring the seller and buyer to a contract between themselves. The sale contract, the inspection, the shipping documents and the payment all run directly between seller and buyer, or through the inspection company, bank and carrier they appoint.

3. What we never ask for

CBIL does not request or accept advance payments, security deposits, registration or activation fees, tank or allocation fees, proof-of-funds letters, bank guarantees or any financial instrument as a condition of working a transaction. We do not ask a buyer to pay us for goods, and we do not ask a seller to pay us to be introduced. A request for any of these in CBIL’s name is not from us; please report it to hello@commbril.com.

4. Commission

Our remuneration is a commission agreed in writing before a contract is signed, stated as a percentage of the contract value or a fixed amount per metric tonne, payable by the party named in that agreement on completion of each shipment, against the same documents that release payment for the goods. No commission is due on a transaction that does not complete. Where a commission-sharing or non-circumvention agreement is signed, its terms prevail over this clause.

5. Verification and counterparty responsibility

We ask every seller who owns the material, where it is, which terminal loads it and what proof of product exists, and we ask every buyer who the end buyer is, how the goods are paid for and where they are delivered. We screen counterparties against sanctions lists and decline to work with parties, origins, destinations or routes subject to UK, EU, US or UN sanctions.

Verification by CBIL is a first filter, not a warranty. Each party remains responsible for its own due diligence on the other, including independent confirmation of inspection reports with the inspection company and of authority with the named producer or buyer. We do not disclose one counterparty’s identity or contact details to another until both have agreed to contract and, where used, a non-circumvention agreement is in place.

6. Confidentiality and non-circumvention

Information exchanged in the course of an enquiry, including the identity of counterparties, prices, quantities and shipping details, is confidential and may be used only for the transaction it was provided for. A party introduced by CBIL agrees not to deal directly with the introduced counterparty, or through another intermediary, so as to avoid CBIL’s commission, for a period of two years from the introduction.

7. Limitation of liability

CBIL acts as an intermediary only. To the maximum extent permitted by law, CBIL is not liable for the performance of any seller, buyer, carrier, inspection company or bank, for the quality, quantity or delivery of goods, or for any indirect, consequential or economic loss arising from a transaction. Our total liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms is limited to the commission actually received by CBIL on the transaction concerned. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

8. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them. The parties will attempt to resolve any dispute in good faith by correspondence before commencing proceedings.

9. Contact

Questions about these Terms, or about any request made in CBIL's name, go to: