The CSL management team has over 35 years of combined experience in developing structured market solutions in Malawi; 7 years’ experience in direct management of warehouse operations in both urban and rural areas across Malawi; and 8 years’ experience monitoring stock at large agribusiness in major trading centres.
CSL was incorporated in August 2018 and has receipted over 710,000mT of commodity (worth over $240 million) under CMA contracts and enhanced our service offerings to include traditional CMA, stock monitoring, commodity analysis, and inspection services.
Check our seasonal statistics over the years, from 2018 to 31st March 2024.
Season | Bank approvals | WHR Deposit Value ($) | Volume under WHR (MT) | Volume under CMA (MT) |
2018-19 | 1 | 3,382,187 | 20,880 | 20,880 |
2019-20 | 2 | 12,662,697 | 38,196 | 37,764 |
2020-21 | 4 | 13,273,534 | 52,715 | 52,326 |
2021-22 | 5 | 29,947,463 | 169,383 | 143,446 |
2022-23 | 8 | 78,590,707 | 231,521 | 182,759 |
2023-24 | 8 | 47,714,620 | 189,937 | 126,078 |
TOTALS | 8 | 197,944,903 | 710,316 | 563,255 |
Prior to establishing CSL, the CSL team was housed in the ACE Warehouse Department and managed over 120,000 MT with pledged finance worth USD 30 million across 40 warehouses under the ACE warehouse receipt system since 2011. The ACE Warehouse department managed all operations at these sites, in some cases project managing the construction and equipping of the sites from scratch. Many of these warehouses were rural sites and opened the door for smallholder farmers to access structured trade.
All Commodity Inspectors are trained and qualified grading experts, boasting qualifications in Grain Management and Warehouse and Warehouse Operations certified by AgriSETA of South Africa, or East African Grain Council (EAGC). This expertise and extensive internal training has well equipped the CSL team to successfully execute a range of contracts, from collateral management with quality and quantity verification, stock monitoring and commodity handling contracts (groundnuts) for a leading Tobacco–diversification activity across 7 rural warehouses, and more recently stock monitoring at 35 sites for ADMARC across rural sites.
CSL has also been contracted to provide quality analysis to regional buyers. CSL has expanded its portfolio of services to include Stock monitoring, commodity verification, and capacity building for Farmer Organisation groups, providing training in Warehouse certification, management, governance, operational security, risk management and record keeping.