10/04/2026
Categories of Charcoal Dealers
1. Petty Trader: Purchases from bulk suppliers or short market dealers and sells directly to end-users after repackaging in various sizes or in bags.
2. Short Market Supplier: Acquires charcoal from producers or bulk suppliers and sells to petty traders or processors.
3. Bulk Market Supplier: Sources charcoal directly from producers or source marketers and sells to petty traders, short market dealers, or processors.
4. Exporter: Purchases charcoal from processors and sells it to international clients in containers, following negotiations on standards and terms.
5. Investor: Provides funding to exporters, bulk market suppliers, or short market suppliers in exchange for a share of turnover, agreed upon on a transactional, monthly, or yearly basis.
6. Processor: Buys charcoal from short market dealers, source marketers, or bulk market suppliers, processes it to international standards, and sells it to exporters.
7. Source Marketer: A dealer located near charcoal production areas, often owning the resources used for production, who buys from producers and sells to short market suppliers, bulk market suppliers, or processors.
8. Producer: Responsible for all stages of charcoal production, selling the final product to source marketers, bulk suppliers, or short market suppliers.
*With these definitions, you should now be able to identify your position within the charcoal industry*