Why American Buyers Choose Kohenoor Dried Rose Petals
US importers need three things from an overseas botanical supplier: clean FDA paperwork, consistent grade, and a partner who understands how American wholesale channels buy. Here is why tea companies, cosmetics brands and distributors source from Kohenoor International:
- Direct From Origin, Distributor Margin Removed — Petals are harvested in northern Pakistan and processed in our own facility. Importing FOB Karachi typically lands product at 40-60% below US botanical-distributor wholesale pricing.
- FDA-Ready Documentation — Our facility is FDA food-facility registered; food-grade lots ship with a Certificate of Analysis (moisture, microbiology, heavy metals, pesticide screen), Certificate of Origin and the supplier documentation your FSVP importer program requires. We provide the data for your broker’s FDA Prior Notice.
- Colour-Sorted Grades for Every Channel — Crimson Rosa gallica for tea and culinary, pale-pink Damask for bath and body, and mixed wedding grades in 1-3 cm petals — each sieved to consistent size and low stem content.
- Wedding & Event Volume — Biodegradable petal toss, aisle petals and flower-girl petals are a large US category. We supply crimson, pink, ivory and mixed grades in bulk cartons with year-round availability across the spring-to-fall wedding season.
- Private Label & Retail Packs — Tea pouches, bath-soak jars, wedding petal bags and gift sets filled and labelled under your brand at origin, with US-compliant ingredient and net-weight labelling and UPC barcoding.
- ISO 9001:2015 + HACCP Systems — Documented quality management from farm collection through sun-drying, sieving, metal detection and export packing.
The US Dried Rose Petal Market: Tea, Bath & Body, Weddings & Culinary
Specialty tea is the anchor channel: national tea brands, regional blenders and direct-to-consumer tea companies all use rose petals and buds in floral, wellness and caffeine-free blends. They buy on colour, aroma, microbiology and a supplier who can pass a FSVP supplier-verification review — exactly what origin-direct sourcing with pre-shipment analysis provides.
The second channel is bath, body and candle making: from established natural-cosmetics brands to the tens of thousands of Etsy, Amazon Handmade and Shopify makers, dried rose petals go into bath soaks, bath bombs, soap tops, candles and gift sets. Cosmetic-grade Damask petals with a technical data sheet are the standard request, and craft-supply distributors move them in 5-25 lb cartons.
The third is weddings and events — the US wedding industry consumes biodegradable toss petals, aisle petals and décor petals by the ton each season, bought by wedding-supply e-commerce brands, florists and event planners. Finally, culinary and ethnic grocery: edible petals for bakeries, chocolatiers, cocktail bars and Persian, Afghan and Middle-Eastern grocers who stock rose buds for tea and petals for desserts and spice blends. One origin partner able to consolidate all these grades in a single container replaces several domestic distributors.
Shipping & Logistics: Karachi to United States
Rose petals load at Karachi Port (KICT / SAPT) as LCL groupage or full containers:
| Destination Port | Typical Transit Time | Serves |
|---|
| Los Angeles / Long Beach | 30-36 days | West Coast, Southwest, national e-commerce fulfilment |
| New York / New Jersey | 32-40 days | East Coast & Midwest |
| Houston | 34-42 days | Texas, Gulf & Central US |
Documentation for USA Clearance
- Certificate of Analysis — moisture, microbiology, heavy metals and pesticide screen for food and cosmetic lots
- Certificate of Origin — Chamber-attested Pakistani origin
- Phytosanitary certificate — issued by the Department of Plant Protection, Karachi, for USDA-APHIS clearance where required
- FDA food-facility registration number and Prior Notice data for your customs broker, plus supplier-verification documents for your FSVP file
- Commercial invoice, packing list and Bill of Lading matched to your importer-of-record details
Rose petals are light and volumetric, so LCL groupage is economical for first orders while tea companies and wedding-supply brands buying for the season take a 20ft or 40ft container. We ship via Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd services from Karachi Port, routed via Suez to the East Coast or via Singapore and the Pacific to Los Angeles. Terms available: FOB Karachi, CFR or CIF to your nominated US port.
How American Importers Order From Us
- Step 1 — Enquiry & Quote: Send your grades, volumes and destination via our order page or WhatsApp. Firm FOB/CFR/CIF quotation within 24 hours.
- Step 2 — Samples: We courier 100-200 g samples of each grade, plus private-label mockups if required, so you can verify colour, aroma and cleanliness before committing.
- Step 3 — Contract & Payment: Proforma invoice covering grades, packing, incoterms and payment (T/T or LC at sight). Processing and booking start on confirmation.
- Step 4 — Shipment & Documents: Cartons palletised and loaded at Karachi; the full document set is couriered or released per agreed terms before arrival in the United States.
Why Kohenoor International
Botanicals are judged on cleanliness, colour and paperwork, and a single rejected lot costs more than a year of savings. Kohenoor International has been managing exactly that equation for export buyers since 1957.
- Exporting Since 1957 — Nearly seven decades of continuous export experience from Pakistan across three generations.
- 70+ Countries Served — Seeds, herbs, spices, dried flowers and Himalayan salt shipped to buyers in more than 70 countries.
- ISO 9001:2015 + HACCP Certified — Documented quality and food-safety systems from farm collection to container stuffing.
- 60+ Product Portfolio — Combine rose petals with fennel, fenugreek, sesame, Himalayan pink salt, licorice root and more in one consolidated shipment.
- Full Traceability & Testing — Every lot lab-tested and shipped with a Certificate of Analysis; samples couriered before you commit.
