International Raw Materials LTD

What International Raw Materials LTD does

International Raw Materials (IRM) is a privately held, Philadelphia-headquartered chemical and commodity distribution company that markets and distributes crop nutrients and industrial products to global agricultural and industrial customers. The firm reports four decades of operating history and a footprint spanning seven countries — the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Zambia — covering North America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

IRM organizes its offering around four service pillars: Marketing Services (shipment transparency from departure to arrival), Logistics Services (global movement of agricultural and industrial products), Supply Services (just-in-time delivery worldwide), and Development Services (sustainable agro market development in East Africa). On the product side, IRM trades fertilizer commodities including Global Granular Urea and Southeast Asia Ammonium Sulphate, and publishes weekly basket and CFR pricing reports that double as market price-discovery tools. Customer engagement is delivered through dedicated Customer and Terminal Portals for account and shipment management.

The business model is B2B enterprise sales with a quote-based, transaction-fee and professional-services revenue mix across marketing, logistics, supply, and development activities. The go-to-market is relationship-driven enterprise field sales targeting agricultural sector buyers (farmers, cooperatives, agribusinesses) and industrial sector buyers requiring chemical and mineral inputs with regulatory-compliant handling and global sourcing. No public pricing, contract values, or financials are disclosed, and there is no evidence of AI/ML capability, patents, partnerships, or M&A activity in the source material.

Name

International Raw Materials LTD

Legal name

International Raw Materials

Website

https://irmteam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

International Raw Materials (IRM) is a privately held Philadelphia-based commodity distributor that markets and supplies crop nutrients and industrial chemicals to global agricultural and industrial buyers across seven countries, supported by dedicated customer and terminal portals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crop Nutrients Trading

NAICS

Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (4245), Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (4246), Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42491)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Warehousing, Blending & Distribution for Agrochemicals (bulk handling, IBC/drum management) (AFABAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Import/Export & Cross-Border Food Commodity Trading (AFAIAKAL)

Keywords

• Crop nutrient trading
• Agricultural commodities distribution
• Industrial chemical supply
• Fertilizer marketing services
• Global logistics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Marketing Services: Marketing and distribution services for crop nutrients and industrial products with transparency from departure to arrival
2. Logistics Services: Global logistics and supply chain management services spanning multiple continents
3. Supply Services: Just-in-time delivery of agricultural and industrial products across the globe
4. Development Services: Sustainable agro market development in East Africa region

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

International Raw Materials (IRM) markets and distributes crop nutrients and industrial products globally through four integrated service pillars—Marketing, Logistics, Supply, and Development Services. The company trades physical commodity products such as granular urea and ammonium sulphate while providing end-to-end transparency from departure to arrival, just-in-time delivery, and sustainable market development support across operations spanning seven countries.

Product overview

International Raw Materials (IRM) is a single, unified product and service offering platform focused on the marketing and distribution of crop nutrients and industrial products. The company operates four core service pillars—Marketing Services, Logistics Services, Supply Services, and Development Services—that work together to serve global agricultural and industrial customers. The product portfolio includes commodity fertilizers such as Global Granular Urea and Southeast Asia Ammonium Sulphate, with pricing transparency provided through weekly updated market reports. Sustainability and environmental stewardship are integrated across all services, with a particular focus on fostering sustainable agro markets in East Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marketing Services Provides transparency from departure to arrival and every stop in between, enabling enterprise customers to track shipments throughout the logistics process for crop nutrients and industrial products.
• Logistics Services
• Supply Services
• Development Services
• Global Granular Urea
• Southeast Asia Ammonium Sulphate

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ameropa AG: Ameropa is a privately held Swiss trader specializing in fertilizers and grains with substantial operations in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, and emerging markets. Its private, mid-sized, marketing-led fertilizer trading model closely resembles IRM's positioning.
• Keytrade AG: Keytrade is a Swiss-based global fertilizer distribution and trading company with operations across Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Its crop nutrient marketing, logistics, and supply services directly parallel IRM's service pillars and cross-border scope.
• Trammo: Trammo is one of the world's largest privately held commodity traders, active in fertilizers, metals, and bulk chemicals with global marketing and distribution operations. Its scope in cross-border fertilizer marketing and global logistics closely mirrors IRM's marketing, supply, and logistics service pillars.
• Helm AG: Helm AG is a Hamburg-based global marketing and distribution company for fertilizers, crop protection, and industrial chemicals, with established distribution in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Like IRM, it operates a multi-service marketing/logistics model focused on crop nutrients and chemicals rather than primary production.
• The Andersons, Inc. The Andersons is a US-based agricultural commodity distributor active in plant nutrients, grain, and industrial products with logistics operations across North America. Its plant nutrient division mirrors IRM's crop nutrient marketing and just-in-time supply services.

Broad incumbents

• Louis Dreyfus Company: Louis Dreyfus Company is one of the world's largest integrated agricultural commodity merchants, with fertilizer and crop input distribution alongside grain, cotton, and other ag products. Its global origination-to-distribution model is structurally comparable to IRM's cross-border trading footprint.
• ICL Group: ICL is a global specialty fertilizers and industrial chemicals producer and distributor with worldwide crop nutrition operations. While significantly larger and integrated upstream, ICL competes with IRM in the distribution of specialty crop nutrients and industrial products.
• Yara International: Yara is the world's largest nitrogen fertilizer producer with global trading, logistics, and distribution of urea and ammonium-based products. Although integrated upstream, its global trading division is directly comparable to IRM's marketing and supply services for urea and ammonium sulphate.
• Nutrien Ag Solutions: Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail arm of Nutrien and the world's largest crop input distributor, marketing fertilizers and crop protection globally. It represents the broad incumbent benchmark in fertilizer and crop nutrient distribution against which IRM's targeted trading model competes.
• OCI Global: OCI Global is a major global producer and distributor of nitrogen fertilizers (urea, ammonia) with operations spanning Europe, Americas, Africa, and Asia. Its distribution activities overlap with IRM's geographic markets and crop nutrient portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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