Why Buy Mix Rags & Credentials from Samiyatex?
This is probably the single, most important question any Rag grader will ask, when thinking of buying their raw material from Samiyatex and this is a great question. So here’s our response:
We want to expand our business go back to our roots as a broker:We are so blessed to be in business for 27 years and feel we’ve learned a few things in the Rag Trade that we would like to share with you. We started our humble beginnings as a one man broker in 1992, brokering used clothing from various graders and exporting them to Africa. Then in 1996, we because graders & today we sort over 8 million lbs of mix rags & credentials and 5 million lbs of paired shoes/year in our LA warehouse, employing 50 people. But due to the prohibitive cost of doing business in California, we have decided not to expand our sorting business and instead, go back to our roots as a broker and export surplus quantities of mix rags & credential clothing that we get each month. We have developed so many great relationships with various thrift stores that this is the perfect business for us to expand into and we have more supply than we can process in our LA warehouse.
We’re probably one of the few brokers that truly understand what another rag house looks for in their raw material quality.While a typical broker just buys mix rags, unseen of course and exports them to various countries at the sole risk of the importer, we don’t. We either personally visit each thrift store to thoroughly check their quality or better yet, will only export those loads that we have personally sorted in our LA warehouse and liked. Any load that doesn’t meet our standards, we either don’t ship it at all to any buyer or will clearly communicate this to our buyers and let them decide if they want to try a certain load.
Buying the right quality raw material at the right price is the single most important decision you will make in the rag trade and we offer 3 different qualities to suit your needs.This is where our almost 3 decades of raw material experience comes in:Mix Rags for Africa:If your main exporting market is Africa, these are the mix rags you should be buying. In our typical supplier, you will find approximately:2-3% premium
45-52% Africa small bales20-25% wipers
1% vintage & bal Pak/IndiaPremium Mix Rags for Central/South America + Dubai and Houston:If you’re selling to this region of the world like us, you definitely want to try these loads as you will get a lot more premium, better small bale yields and less wipers, Pak/India & less garbage.7-10% premium
50-55% Africa small bales20% wipers
2% vintage & bal Pak/IndiaCredential Clothing for Central/South America + Mexico:This is the perfect raw material to buy if your end customers are looking for the best of the best quality. Here you will find a lot of new clothing with tags, good brands, shoes, accessories and a lot more premium and vintage than premium mix rags. But the key here will be to buy from an honest supplier where the credentials are Un-touched and from a good area, and this is something very few brokers can give their guarantee to except us, as we will never ship a load of credentials unless we have tried it and liked it our self.20-30% premium
55-60% Africa small bales15- 20% wipers
2-3% vintage & bal Pak/IndiaWe offer the following 3 types of raw material Premium Vintage Small Bales Wipers Pak/India 1. Mix Rags for Africa:If your main exporting market is Africa, these are the mix rags you should be buying as they are great value for money.2-3% 1% 45-52% 20-25% Balance 2. Premium Mix Rags for Central/South America:If you’re selling to this region of the world or other high end markets, you definitely want to try these loads as you will get a lot more premium, better small bale yields and less wipers, Pak/India & garbage.7-10% 2% 50-55% 20% Balance 3. Credential Clothing for Central/South America:This is the perfect raw material to buy if your customers are looking for the best quality. Here you will find a lot of new clothing with tags, good brands, shoes and a lot more premium and vintage than premium mix rags.20-30% 2-3% 55-60% 15- 20% Balance
Our reputation is our single biggest asset:It took us 27 years to build our reputation in this industry and we’re going to do everything possible to maintain it as this is probably our most precious asset. So, we will never sell you a load that you will lose money on but only loads that you will hopefully like and come back wanting more. We don’t make any money selling you just one load, but only when we start developing a good, long term relationship based on trust and consistency. So if you’re interested in trying just one load from us, Please fill out the form below so we can contact you.