Sourcing — imports and exports

A sourcing desk
for physical and digital markets

Sainto Group sources supply and allocates volume across pharmaceuticals, metals, and digital assets. Every allocation is carried from origination through contracting, documentation, freight, and settlement.

01Three categories, physical and digital
02Origination, allocation, execution
03Contracted volume, documented to delivery

Markets

Three categories, one desk.

Glass vials on a pharmaceutical production line
01

Pharmaceuticals

Peptides, NAD, TRT, compounding chemicals, and other popular medical compounds, imported and wholesaled to the destination market.

  • Peptides
  • NAD
  • TRT
  • Compounding
Copper wire scrap awaiting grading
02

Metals

Precious metals, scrap, specialized and niche metals, allocated by grade and form against verified assay.

  • Precious metals
  • Scrap
  • Specialized alloys
Server racks in a secure data centre
03

Digital Assets

OTC blocks, crypto-to-fiat conversion, and large cryptocurrency and asset transactions, settled against delivery with custody arranged in advance.

  • OTC blocks
  • Crypto to fiat
  • Settlement
  • Custody

Physical trade fails at the seams: between contract and vessel, between invoice and payment. A desk exists to hold those seams.

The operating principle

The Desk

One desk, origination to settlement.

Supply is sourced and qualified, volume is committed under contract, and the trade is carried through documentation, freight, and payment. The same desk holds all three.

01

Origination

Supply is sourced from producers and qualified against specification before it is offered. Counterparties are verified, product is documented, and available volume is confirmed at term.

  • Supplier qualification
  • Product specification
  • Volume and term
Offer supply
Bulk carrier loading at a deep-water berth
02

Allocation

Qualified volume is matched to buyers and committed under contract. Price, delivery basis, and payment terms are fixed before an allocation is confirmed.

  • Buyer verification
  • Terms and pricing
  • Contract structure
Request an allocation
Containers stacked at a marine terminal
03

Execution

Once allocated, the trade is carried to delivery. Documentation is prepared, freight is booked and cleared, and payment settles against shipping documents.

  • Documentation
  • Freight and customs
  • Settlement
Talk to the desk
Gantry cranes working a container vessel

Capabilities

What the desk carries.

01

Contracting and terms

Sale and purchase contracts written on defined delivery terms, with specification, tolerance, and inspection rights stated up front.

02

Trade finance

Payment structured to fit the trade — letters of credit, documentary collection, or agreed terms against shipping documents.

03

Quality and inspection

Product verified against specification before shipment, with third-party inspection and certificates of analysis where the category requires them.

04

Regulatory and licensing

Import and export permissions confirmed for each lane, including the sanctions screening and origin certification that pharmaceutical cargoes attract.

05

Freight and customs

Booking, routing, and clearance across sea, air, and road, with the delivery term setting where responsibility passes.

06

Traceability

Chain of custody documented from origin to delivery, so every consignment can be traced back to the source that produced it.

03 Product categories
48h Indication turnaround
26 Origin markets
1:1 Desk contact per allocation

Coverage

Cargo moves on established corridors.

Seven hubs anchor the desk, across the lanes that connect producing regions to consuming markets.

  • New York
  • London
  • Geneva
  • Dubai
  • Singapore
  • Hong Kong
  • Tokyo
Three categories · Seven hubs · 48h indication Coverage desk

Process

How an allocation runs.

Every allocation runs the same four stages, whatever the category. Most inquiries are answered with an indication before qualification begins.

  1. 01

    Inquiry

    Tell the desk the product, specification, volume, and destination. You receive an indication of availability and terms.

  2. 02

    Qualification

    Counterparties are checked and product is verified against specification. Import and export permissions are confirmed for the lane.

  3. 03

    Allocation

    Volume is committed and contracted. Price, delivery basis, and payment terms are fixed at this point, not after.

  4. 04

    Delivery

    Documentation is issued, freight is booked and cleared, and the consignment moves. Payment settles against shipping documents.

Company

About the desk

Sainto Group was built as a desk rather than a brokerage. An allocation is held by the same people from origination through settlement, which gives the client one counterparty instead of a chain of introductions. The group contracts in its own name, on defined delivery terms, and carries the documentation and freight obligations that come with them.

The desk works with producers, refiners, licensed distributors, and end buyers that can be verified, and declines the ones that cannot. Specification, tolerance, and inspection rights are agreed before an allocation is confirmed, so what discharges is what was contracted. Where a category is regulated, the licensing and certification requirements of the destination market are treated as part of the trade rather than paperwork that trails it.

Open an inquiry.

Send the product, specification, volume, and destination. The desk comes back with availability and terms.