Decoding the signals that shape global trade

Hectar Global is a data-driven agri-commodity trading desk, combining quantitative models, live market intelligence, and disciplined execution across Africa-Asia and global trade flows.

We work with origin exporters, destination importers and specialist brokers. Every deal is backed by analysis before it is backed by a contract.

Analytics in the background, clean execution in the foreground.

The job sounds simple but is hard to do: buy right, move right, sell right. We use quantitative tooling to keep that loop tight across farmgate buying, onwater positions and destination exits.

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Farm-gate & origin port

We structure origin deals around price ladders, quality curves and logistics constraints, so committed volumes come with a clear view of risk–reward before the first bag moves.​

  • check-icon Farm-gate programs in West & East Africa
  • check-icon Moisture, defect and yield modelling
  • check-icon Origin warehousing & aggregation
feature-icon 02 · In-transit

High-seas & on-water

While cargo is on water, we track timing risk, spreads and volatility, marking positions to both physical reality and financial markets - not just a flat screen price.​​

  • check-icon Vessel & AIS monitoring
  • check-icon Dynamic MTM and scenario analysis
  • check-icon On-water sales when the math supports it
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Port & ex-warehouse exits

At destination, we match cargo to the right buyer profile and window, factoring local demand curves, alternatives and processing margins before exits are executed.​

  • check-icon Port clearance & warehousing
  • check-icon Buyer mapping by spec & timing
  • check-icon Disciplined exit rules to protect margin

Built for counterparties who treat trading as a serious craft.

Whether you originate at farm-gate, run a destination book or broker flows between them, we plug into your world with clear thinking, transparent communication and a trade book that is continuously reconciled against data.​

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Exporters & suppliers

Origin partners: If you operate at farmgate or origin port, we commit to programs backed by volume plans, quality assumptions and shipment workflows spelled out upfront.​

  • check-icon ⁠Structured programs for RCN, sesame, pulses and more
  • check-icon ⁠Clear specs, timelines and documentation stacks
  • check-icon ⁠A consistent counterparty with contract discipline

Buyers & processors

Destination counterparties: For importers and processors, the focus is reliability of volume, clarity of specification and precision on timing of release; the analytics stay on our side of the table, you see clean offers.​

  • check-icon ⁠Structured offers by grade, port and month
  • check-icon ⁠Transparent cost buildups and options
  • check-icon ⁠Alignment on risk limits and drawdown rules

Brokers & agents

Specialist intermediaries: If you live on the phone and in WhatsApp groups, our job is to give you wellformed, executable ideas and clear mandates so you can focus on matching opportunities.​

  • check-icon ⁠Defined mandates, fee structures and regions
  • check-icon ⁠Access to structured product views
  • check-icon ⁠Single point of contact for the desk
Cargo shipping Farm operations Trading desk
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Cargo shipping

Exporters & suppliers

Origin partners: If you operate at farmgate or origin port, we commit to programs backed by volume plans, quality assumptions and shipment workflows spelled out upfront.​

  • check-icon ⁠Structured programs for RCN, sesame, pulses and more
  • check-icon ⁠Clear specs, timelines and documentation stacks
  • check-icon ⁠A consistent counterparty with contract discipline
Farm operations

Buyers & processors

Destination counterparties: For importers and processors, the focus is reliability of volume, clarity of specification and precision on timing of release; the analytics stay on our side of the table, you see clean offers.​

  • check-icon ⁠Structured offers by grade, port and month
  • check-icon ⁠Transparent cost buildups and options
  • check-icon ⁠Alignment on risk limits and drawdown rules
Trading desk

Brokers & agents

Specialist intermediaries: If you live on the phone and in WhatsApp groups, our job is to give you wellformed, executable ideas and clear mandates so you can focus on matching opportunities.​

  • check-icon ⁠Defined mandates, fee structures and regions
  • check-icon ⁠Access to structured product views
  • check-icon ⁠Single point of contact for the desk

Tell us where you sit in the chain.

Share what you trade, where you operate and how to reach you. The desk will respond with a structured onboarding flow.

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Analysis that treats commodity trading like a serious discipline.

Our notes, models and field observations are regularly distilled into essays and explainers on our blog. The goal: share enough structure that even someone new to a market can follow the logic behind a trade.

Regularly updated intelligence across cashew, sesame, pulses, rice and broader agri flows between Africa, Asia and beyond.

Signals we watch

  • check-icon Harvest calendars & yield reports
  • check-icon Historical spreads by port & month
  • check-icon Vessel congestion & routing patterns
  • check-icon Destination demand indicators
  • check-icon Currency & funding curves
  • check-icon Quality distributions & claims history