Coconut shell charcoal briquettes, wholesale from an Indonesian factory

PT. Coco Reina Global Charcoal Indonesia presses coconut shell charcoal briquettes for the shisha and hookah trade at Gunung Sindur, Bogor, and ships them by the container. This page is the product reference: shapes, sizes, published specifications, and the loading and commercial terms an importer needs before asking for a quote.

What coconut shell charcoal briquettes are

A coconut shell charcoal briquette is a compressed fuel made by carbonising coconut shell and binding the resulting charcoal powder with tapioca starch, then pressing it to a fixed shape and drying it. It is sold as shisha charcoal or hookah coals, and is valued for burning longer and leaving less ash than wood charcoal.

For trade purposes two classifications matter. The product sits under HS heading 4402 as charcoal of vegetable origin. For sea freight it is UN 1361, Class 4.2, Packing Group III — a dangerous good, with no exemption route since IMDG Amendment 42-24 became mandatory on 1 January 2026. If that is new to you, start with UN 1361 and IMDG 42-24 explained.

Shapes and sizes

Five shapes are produced, each in several sizes, with custom dimensions available on request. Pieces per kilogram is the figure that decides how a retail box looks and what it costs to fill, so it is listed alongside the dimensions.

Piece counts are nominal and vary with density and moisture at the time of packing. Confirm the count for your size against the sample before it goes into a retail box specification.

Grades and typical specifications

Three grades are offered. The figures below are the published specification for each.

A specification is a target range, not a test result. Ash and fixed carbon vary batch to batch, and burn and ignition times depend on the bowl, the heat management device and the airflow they are measured under. Ask for the lab report covering the batch you are actually buying, and treat any figure not tied to a dated report from a named laboratory — ours or anyone's — as a claim rather than a measurement.

Wholesale terms and container loading

Minimum order is 1 × FCL (20 ft or 40 ft). Every shape packs into the same 10 kg net master carton, which is what makes the loading table below comparable across shapes.

The two container sizes fill differently, and the difference is worth understanding before you choose. A 20 ft cubes out before it weighs out — it runs out of space first, so payload changes with the shape's packing density. A 40 ft weighs out before it cubes out, hitting the weight cap regardless of shape, which is why one figure covers every shape in that column.

Carton counts marked measured come from actual stuffing records. Those marked derived are payload divided by the 10 kg carton weight — sound arithmetic, because the binding constraint per equipment is known, but not a separate stuffing measurement. Dome payload is left blank deliberately: it has not been measured, and we would rather show an empty cell than a number nobody stood behind. Full working is on tons per container by shape .

Loading, lead time and terms

• Palletisation. A 20 ft is always floor-loaded without pallets. A 40 ft can take 20 ISPM-15 marked pallets at 100 × 120 cm, though floor loading is preferred there too. ISPM-15 is a heat-treatment mark on the timber itself, not a certification held by us.
• Production lead time. 15 working days (20 ft) · 20 working days (40 ft), excluding packaging, QC and vessel booking.
• Port of loading. Jakarta (Tanjung Priok) primary; Semarang also used.
• Incoterms. EXW Factory (default); CFR on some orders. Under EXW the buyer is the DG declarant — see what EXW, FOB and CIF mean for charcoal before choosing.
• Weathering hold. Finished charcoal rests 14 days before packing, which meets the Special Provision 978 minimum. Why that matters: SP 978 explained.
• Packaging design for your own brand is offered at no charge alongside a container order. Ask the export desk for current formats.

How it ships

Charcoal is declared as UN 1361, Class 4.2, Packing Group III. That decides the document pack, which carriers will take the booking, and who signs for the declaration. It is the part of a charcoal order that most often goes wrong, and it is where most of this site's writing lives — see shipping coconut charcoal as dangerous goods, the DG document stack, and which lines accept it.

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