Latinex Trading Corporation

What Latinex Trading Corporation does

Latinex Trading Corporation is a USA-based resale-export company founded in 1982 that operates as an international purchasing agent and trading intermediary for industrial buyers in Latin America. The company maintains dual offices in Miami, Florida (USA headquarters) and Medellín, Colombia, and serves industrial manufacturing, mining, and general industrial clients across Latin America, with logistics reach extending to Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Its core service portfolio covers import services, export services, warehousing and international freight forwarding, and purchasing-agent services, all offered under a single integrated provider with free quotations in both Colombian pesos (COP) and US dollars (USD).

The underlying operating model is a relationship-driven B2B trading platform rather than a technology product. Pricing is custom and quote-based, billed transaction-by-transaction with no standard tiered structure. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, primarily through the Miami and Medellín offices, supplemented by a bilingual website, Instagram presence, and email newsletter. Customer evidence indicates multi-decade enterprise relationships (25+ years with HOLASA S.A and Colanta) and named logos spanning mining, food/agricultural, and industrial manufacturing verticals.

Revenue mechanics are built around transaction fees on import/export facilitation and professional services fees for warehousing and international freight. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent entity, funding rounds, or institutional investment. Headcount is small (1–10 employees), and there is no disclosed revenue, no AI/ML capability footprint, no API or SDK offering, and no patents or certifications recorded in the source material.

Name

Latinex Trading Corporation

Legal name

Latinex Trading Corporation

Website

https://latinextrading.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Latinex Trading Corporation is a USA-based resale-export company, founded in 1982 and operating from Miami and Medellín, that acts as an international purchasing agent for industrial clients in Latin America, sourcing industrial supplies, spare parts, raw materials, and machinery from the USA and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Trading and Import/Export Services

NAICS

Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers (4251), Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42385)

SIC

Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084), Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Customs Brokerage for Ocean Shipments (Import/Export Clearance) (TLACABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Trade, Export Controls & Customs Compliance (BPAHAFAN)

Keywords

• Industrial supplies trading
• Import export services
• International freight forwarding
• Industrial spare parts sourcing
• International purchasing agent

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Import Services: Facilitating international purchasing from USA and Europe to Latin America, providing sourcing, quotation, and import logistics services for industrial supplies, spare parts, raw materials, and machinery.
2. Export Services: Export facilitation services from USA to international markets, handling documentation, customs, and freight forwarding.
3. Warehousing and International Freight: Storage, handling, and international shipping services including freight forwarding to Canada, Mexico, and USA, as well as international air freight services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Latinex Trading Corporation is a USA-based resale-export company established in 1982 that acts as an international purchasing agent for industrial buyers in Latin America. The company sources, quotes, imports, and exports industrial supplies, spare parts, raw materials, and machinery from the United States and Europe, and provides warehousing and international freight forwarding to destinations including Canada, Mexico, and the USA. Operations are run from dual offices in Miami, Florida (USA) and Medellín, Colombia, with quotations provided in both COP and USD.

Product overview

Latinex Trading Corporation is a USA-based resale-export company established in 1982, operating as an international trading firm with offices in Medellín, Colombia and Miami, FL, USA. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its portfolio consists of core services including Import Services, Export Services, Warehousing and International Freight Services, International Purchasing Agent Services, and Quotation Services. These services work together to provide end-to-end support for international trade of industrial supplies, spare parts, raw materials, and machinery from the United States and Europe to Latin America and worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Import Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ years of experience in international trading
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Alibaba.com: Global B2B e-commerce marketplace that enables direct manufacturer-to-buyer sourcing across borders. Adjacent competitor that threatens traditional trading agents like Latinex by enabling Latin American buyers to source directly.

Emerging players

• Flexport: Tech-enabled digital freight forwarder offering ocean, air, and customs services to importers and exporters. Comparable on import/export facilitation, but with a technology-driven, asset-light model that contrasts with Latinex's traditional approach.
• Thomas Publishing / Thomasnet: Industrial sourcing platform connecting North American industrial buyers and suppliers. Represents the digital sourcing alternative that could either disintermediate Latinex or be partnered with to reach LATAM buyers.

Broad incumbents

• W.W. Grainger: Major industrial supplies distributor with extensive MRO product catalog and broad US/LATAM presence. Comparable on industrial supplies distribution to industrial customers, though Grainger is a stock-keeping principal rather than an agent.
• DB Schenker: Global logistics provider offering ocean/air freight, customs brokerage, and contract logistics. Operates in overlapping cross-border industrial trade corridors and could serve as either competitor or partner for Latinex.
• Fastenal: Industrial supplies and fasteners distributor serving manufacturers and industrial buyers across the Americas. Comparable customer base (industrial buyers) and product overlap (industrial supplies, spare parts).
• Expeditors International: Global logistics company specializing in international freight forwarding and customs brokerage for industrial and commercial clients. Overlaps with Latinex on cross-border trade services for industrial buyers.
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide: Global freight forwarder and supply-chain services provider with significant North America–LATAM trade lanes and customs brokerage capabilities. Much larger scale than Latinex, but operates in the same cross-border industrial logistics space.
• MSC Industrial Supply: Large US-based distributor of metalworking and industrial supplies serving manufacturing customers. Comparable in the industrial supplies distribution function that Latinex performs for LATAM buyers.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders and contract logistics providers, with deep LATAM presence and customs brokerage services. Comparable in international trade facilitation, but at global scale and far broader scope than Latinex.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/latinextrading
• Xx.com/latinextrading
• Facebookfacebook.com/latinex.trading
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/latinex-trading-corp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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