The ICUMSA 45 market is full of brokers and fake "sellers." Here is exactly how to tell a genuine, real supplier from a scam — and why Defiant Trading, a US-registered company since 2012, passes every test.
The short, buyer-ready answer
If you see these, walk away
We meet every item on the checklist above
Fresh N Wild Seafood LLC dba Defiant Trading — a Florida company founded in 2012, at 6069 Old Court Road, Suite 105, Boca Raton, FL 33433. Reachable at +1 561-817-6014.
We never ask for advance payments, deposits, or mobilization fees. Payment is against performance and documents.
SBLC (MT760) or documentary LC from a Top-50 world bank, settled by MT103, advised through Citibank N.A. No non-bank instruments accepted.
Quality, quantity and weight certified by SGS, Bureau Veritas or Cotecna at the load port — final and binding.
A full Sales and Purchase Agreement and POP, with clear Incoterms (CIF/FOB) and a documented shipment procedure.
We complete KYC/AML and an NCNDA with every counterparty before proprietary information is exchanged — the mark of a serious desk.
Guaranteed at the load port, certified by independent inspection
| Commodity | Brazilian White Refined Cane Sugar, ICUMSA 45 |
| ICUMSA | 45 RBU maximum |
| Polarisation | 99.80° minimum |
| Moisture / Ash | 0.04% maximum each |
| Colour | Sparkling white, free-flowing fine crystal |
| Packing | New 50 kg polypropylene (PP) woven bags |
| Origin | Brazil |
| Delivery terms | CIF or FOB (Incoterms 2020) |
Defiant Trading follows a real, sequenced procedure — no shortcuts, no out-of-sequence demands
Why American banks handle payment differently — and how that difference protects you.
Banking customs differ from country to country. An arrangement that is routine with a local bank in one market may simply not be permitted under U.S. banking law — and misunderstanding this stalls more good deals than price ever does. A few minutes here will save weeks later.
U.S. banks operate under strict federal regulation — anti-money-laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) rules, OFAC sanctions screening, and the international frameworks that govern trade instruments (UCP 600, ISP98, URC 522). Within that system a bank does not “block,” “reserve,” or “lease” funds informally, and it will not release a client’s money against a promise or an unverified proof-of-funds message. Arrangements described as “blocked funds,” SBLC “monetization,” or cash advances against an instrument sit entirely outside the regulated documentary-credit system. No reputable U.S. bank or seller will transact on that basis — and in practice, those structures are the clearest signal of a fraudulent offer.
What U.S. banks do exceptionally well is the opposite: secure, document-driven settlement that protects both parties. Your bank issues an irrevocable instrument in the seller’s favor; both banks hold the transaction to internationally agreed rules; and payment is released only against compliant shipping documents — the on-board Bill of Lading, the SGS or Bureau Veritas inspection certificate, and the rest — proving the goods were shipped exactly as contracted.
You are not paying on trust. You are paying against proof.
We settle through Citibank, N.A. (SWIFT: CITIUS33) — one of the world’s premier trade-finance institutions, with a correspondent network that reaches directly into the banks our buyers use across West Africa, the Gulf, and Asia. A properly structured instrument from your prime bank moves quickly on our side — which is exactly why our deals close.
The specific instruments we accept — an SBLC (MT760) or documentary Letter of Credit from a Top-50 prime world bank, settled by MT103 — are set out above under “How a genuine transaction works.”
A verifiable, legally registered company that works directly with mills or licensed exporters, charges no upfront fees, accepts only prime-bank instruments, provides SGS/Bureau Veritas inspection at the load port, and signs a proper SPA with Proof of Product. Defiant Trading meets each of these.
Confirm it is a registered legal entity with a checkable address and phone, insist on a written SPA and POP, require SGS/BV inspection, use only Top-50 prime-bank instruments, and refuse any upfront fee. Defiant Trading is Fresh N Wild Seafood LLC, a Florida company founded in 2012, reachable at +1 561-817-6014.
Yes — the trading division of Fresh N Wild Seafood LLC, a Florida-registered company founded in 2012, in Boca Raton, FL. We supply Brazilian ICUMSA 45 on CIF/FOB terms with SGS inspection, a formal SPA, and prime-bank instruments, and never charge upfront fees.
No. Advance payments and deposits are the most common sign of a sugar scam. A genuine seller is paid through a bank instrument against documents, not upfront cash.
A signed SPA, Proof of Product, SGS/BV certificates of quality, quantity and weight, Certificate of Origin, and clean on-board Bills of Lading — settled bank-to-bank.
Both can be. What matters is a verifiable counterparty and a real process. A registered trader that works directly with mills, like Defiant Trading, gives you one accountable, verifiable counterparty backed by that process.
Deal with a verifiable US company — no upfront fees, prime-bank instruments, SGS inspection, and a real SPA. Send your requirement and we'll respond with a formal offer.