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Customs & agent coordination
We work with our own network of port agents and customs partners to clear shipments. Agent costs are covered by Riverside and reflected as a single, itemized fee on your Canadian-dollar invoice.
Ontario, Canada — Food, goods & commodities trade
Helping across continents
Riverside Foods & Logistics Inc. handles freight, customs, and compliance for food, goods, and commodities shipments moving between East Africa, China, and Canada — so the goods arrive, and the invoice makes sense.
10+
Years in business
2
Regions served
CAD
Client billing currency
ON
Ontario HQ
Three regions, one manifest
Every shipment we handle is invoiced from Ontario in Canadian dollars, whatever region it starts in.
What we do today
Logistics first, honestly stated
Our core, active line of business is freight and customs logistics. Where we support sourcing or trade introductions, we do it as an advisor — the commercial deal stays directly between buyer and seller.
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Sourcing & market intelligence
On-the-ground supplier networks across East Africa and China give us visibility into pricing, seasonal availability, and emerging opportunities, which we share with buyers and sellers as advisory input.
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Buyer & seller introductions
We connect Canadian buyers with producers abroad, and producers with Canadian buyers, supporting negotiation and quality checks. Payment for goods is arranged directly between buyer and seller — Riverside is not a party to that fund transfer.
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Direct trading, on our own account
Where Riverside buys goods outright and resells them, we act as principal: we purchase, take ownership, and invoice buyers ourselves in CAD.
A note on how we work. Riverside covers its own operating costs — port agents, freight, customs — out of pocket, and invoices clients in Canadian dollars for the full, itemized cost of the service. We don't hold buyer or seller funds on the other party's behalf, and we don't move money between a buyer and a seller who aren't Riverside itself.
Get in touch
Contact us
Buying, selling, or moving something between East Africa, China, and Canada — start with an email and we'll take it from there.