The fisherman gets paid fairly
A supplier who feels cheated finds another buyer. We would rather pay a fair price and get the first call on the good lots.
Metaglobe Trading (Pvt) Ltd buys seafood at the source in Jaffna and moves it to buyers across Sri Lanka — with the cold chain, the grading and the pricing all kept honest.
Anyone can buy fish. What is hard is buying the right fish, holding it properly, and then telling a buyer the truth about it when the market is tight and the temptation to shade the grade is highest.
Metaglobe Trading (Pvt) Ltd was built around that gap. We are a Sri Lankan private limited company based at Waddakali in Chilaw, trading sea crab, cuttlefish and a wide range of fish sourced from the Jaffna district. We supply both wholesale lots and retail quantities, and we are actively preparing the company for export.
The company sits deliberately close to both ends of the chain. Our buyers are at the northern landings when the boats come in. Our despatch is on the phone with the buyer who is waiting for the box. Nothing important happens at arm’s length.
A supplier who feels cheated finds another buyer. We would rather pay a fair price and get the first call on the good lots.
Cost-saving on ice is the most expensive decision in this trade. Quality lost at the beach can never be recovered downstream.
If the catch isn’t there or the grade isn’t right, the buyer hears it that morning — not when the truck arrives.
Per kilo, per grade, agreed before despatch. No creative arithmetic at settlement time.
We would rather show you a short, true timeline than a long, decorated one.
Registered as a Sri Lankan private limited company, with its trading base at No. 27, Canal Road, Waddakali, Chilaw.
Relationships built with boat owners and fishing societies in the north, so that grading and icing happen at the landing rather than hours later.
Sea crab, cuttlefish and mixed fish moving to markets, hotels, processors and retail outlets, with delivery built around the buyer’s window.
Membership of the SLCBC of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce — part of the groundwork for taking Sri Lankan seafood to overseas buyers.
Working on the processing, documentation and compliance discipline that an export buyer expects, before we commit to overseas volumes.
Managing Director
“In this trade your name travels faster than your truck. Every box we send out is an argument for the next order.”
Metaglobe is run day to day from Chilaw, close enough to the market to know what things actually cost and far enough from the noise to keep the grading honest. The management’s stated priority is simple: protect the quality, protect the relationship, and let the repeat orders do the marketing.
Send us the species, the grade and the weekly volume. We will come back with an honest price and an honest lead time — including when we can’t supply.