About us


NST Agent & Broker Ltd (”NST”) was established as a spice broker in 2012 . Over the years NST specialized in mainly black and white pepper for which extensive knowledge was gained through years of working closely with suppliers of pepper in Vietnam and a selective group of international clients. NST weathered the last cycle of bear and bull market in pepper and is proud to be able to state that during this period of volatile prices suppliers selected by NST performed against the contracts concluded and customers received shipments ordered.

 

It is NST’s strategy to only work with a selected group of trusted and reliable Vietnamese shippers (see “Suppliers”) that have a proved track record of being able to ship on time at the agreed quality specifications. NST works with a dedicated and enthusiastic team of 4 people from the office in Ho Chi Minh City.

 

NST’s is fully owned by Mrs Nguyen Thi Yen, who started in the spice business in 2001 as procurement manager at the Vietnamese processing facility of E D & F Man Spices Ltd. In 2004 she moved to Amberwood and worked as a broker in spices and cashew nuts. In 2012 she decided to start her own company NST Agent and Broker Ltd. The company is a member of the Vietnam Pepper Association and the American Spice Trade Association. Over the years Mrs Nguyen was a regular visitor of the ASTA Annual Conference, IPC Annual meetings and the ISC International Spice Conference.