Orivex Exports
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Hamza Abdi, Canada: hamza@orivexexports.com, WhatsApp +1 403 604 0210
Abdirahman Hussein, Hargeisa, Somaliland: a.rahman@orivexexports.com, WhatsApp +252 63 656 0796
Orivex Exports buys resins and gums from harvesters and graders in Somaliland, sorts each lot to your written specification and ships it through Berbera. Your sample is drawn from the lot that ships, and the lot number on each bag is the number on your invoice.
A reply by email or WhatsApp, usually within one working day.
Frankincense in two types, myrrh, opoponax and gum arabic, each sold by the lot, and a sourcing request for anything else. Open a sheet for species, grades, documents and terms.
| Material | Local name | Botanical name | Form | HS code | Supply | Product sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankincense, beeyo | Beeyo | Boswellia sacra (traded as B. carterii) | Tears, pieces, siftings | 1301.90 | Core supply | Open the sheet |
| Frankincense, maydi | Maydi | Boswellia frereana | Tears, pieces, siftings | 1301.90 | Core supply | Open the sheet |
| Myrrh | Malmal | Commiphora myrrha (syn. C. molmol) | Natural tears, cleaned pieces | 1301.90 | Confirmed per order | Open the sheet |
| Opoponax, sweet myrrh | Habak hadi | Commiphora guidottii (identified by its local name; see the sheet) | Natural pieces | 1301.90 | Confirmed per order | Open the sheet |
| Gum arabic | Cadaad (the tree) | Acacia senegal (by its local name, cadaad; not botanically verified; now Senegalia senegal) | Raw nodules, sorted | 1301.20 | Confirmed per order | Open the sheet |
| Other natural materials | As you name it | Named in your request | To your specification | By material | Sourced on request | Open the sheet |
Botanical names follow Kew’s Plants of the World Online.34567 HS codes are those of the Canadian and United States tariff schedules.89
Supply can be spread across many small collectors. Grades may never have been written down. Species can look alike in a sack, and papers can be made out at the last minute. A buyer on another continent cannot check any of this, so we do it on the ground. Each stage below has a place, a person who answers for it, and a record that goes into the lot file.
You tell us the material, grade, quantity and destination. We answer with what is available and on what terms.
What can go wrong A price can be quoted for a grade nobody has defined, and the argument starts when the goods arrive.
Goes on fileRFQ reference; Written specification
We buy from harvesters and graders we deal with directly, and write every purchase down.
What can go wrong Resin can pass through several hands before export, with no record of whose trees it came from.10
Goes on filePurchase records
At each purchase we write down the type of resin and where it was collected, and apply our buying rules.
What can go wrong Species can arrive mixed, and the eye cannot always tell. A 2019 study found the marker of a second species in 9 of 13 commercial oils sold as pure Boswellia carterii.11
Goes on fileType and collection area of each purchase
Purchases are brought together to make up the quantity, and the lot gets its number.
What can go wrong Small parcels from many collectors can be pooled with no record, and the origin is lost at the first pile.
Goes on fileLot number; Lot list: collection area and date
The resin is cleaned, sorted and graded to the written specification. You get photographs and a sample of the lot.
What can go wrong The sample can come from one sack and the shipment from another.
Goes on fileGrade and weight of the lot; Photographs of the lot; Sample sent to you
You approve the sample, and we agree the terms in a contract. Until then you have ordered nothing, and nothing ships before terms are agreed.
Goes on fileYour approval of the sample; The signed contract
The lot is packed and marked, and the export papers are made out to the same lot numbers, grades, weights and bag counts.
What can go wrong Papers can be put together at the last minute, and your customs broker is the one who finds the mismatch.
Goes on fileBag count and weights as packed; Invoice and packing list; Certificate of origin; Phytosanitary certificate; Laboratory report, if ordered
The lot goes by road to Berbera and leaves by sea.
What can go wrong Goods can sit at the port while buyer and seller work out who was meant to book the freight.
Goes on fileShipping marks as packed; Transport document from the carrier
Your contract, your payment and anything that comes up after arrival stay with one named person in Canada.
What can go wrong Once the goods have left, there can be nobody to answer for them.
Goes on fileRecord of your payment; Notes for the next order
Its records are filed under one lot number. The lot list, packing list, invoice and certificates are sent to you by your contact in Canada, and the specification and the lot record are kept for the next order.
See what we do at each stageSee what goes on record, and what does not
Abdirahman Hussein in Hargeisa handles the goods. Hamza Abdi in Canada handles the contract.
Origin base
Time there nowEast Africa Time
Abdirahman HusseinCo-founder, Somaliland
Commercial base
Time there nowMountain Time
Hamza AbdiCo-founder, Canada
Start with one lot. Move to a programme once you know the material and us. Or have work done at origin to your own brief, where we act for you and are not the seller.
One lot, sampled first
Recurring lots to one specification
Work at origin, to your brief
What comes with every order, what we arrange on request and what we cannot show you today are set out in one list, on the About page.
Ask for our licences
Orivex Exports holds a Somaliland business licence and an export licence. Copies are available to buyers on request.
Talk to both of us
One call with Hargeisa and one with Canada will tell you more than a website can.
Test a sample of a lot
In your own laboratory, or one you choose.
Place a small first order
Then compare the goods with the sample, and the papers with the goods.
Material, quantity and destination are enough to start.
Not ready to quote? Request a sample of a lot or message Canada on WhatsApp.
Published sources for the reference facts on this page, last read 7 October 2026. Statements about how Orivex Exports works are our own and are not drawn from these sources.
