About Us

CHC was registered as a PMA1 (Foreign Owned Entity) in Indonesia in 2014. 

We have been researching and trading Indonesian cassia since 2017. 

We are not spice brokers. We manage the entire supply chain with our team on the ground.

Our head office is located in Bali. Our quality, sustainability and traceability teams are located in the heart of Indonesian cassia production in Kerinci on the island of Sumatra.

Our buying team and laboratory are located in Padang, Sumatra. Our receivals and processing team are located in Medan where we process and export from.

PMA is an acronym for the term “Penanaman Modal Asing”. A PMA is a company in Indonesia which either has partial or complete ownership by foreigners.

History

The company was registered as a PMA in Indonesia in 2014 as PT Collins Higgins Consulting. The focus at that time was conducting value chain studies and managing and performing research and development projects for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and private sector multinational agricultural commodity buyers.

In 2022 the company changed its name to Collins Higgins Commodities to reflect the transition to a science based commodity sourcing and rural community development company.

  • 2014
    • The company was registered as a PMA (Foreign Owned Company) in Indonesia as PT. Collins Higgins Consulting. Head office is located in Bali.
    • Collins Higgins Consulting (CHC) was contracted to lead research into 11 agricultural commodity value chains across Indonesia by the Australian Centre for International Research (ACIAR) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The research informed the $110m agricultural development project PRISMA.
  • 2016
    • ACIAR contracts CHC to test the best digital technologies for collecting data for agricultural research.
  • 2017
    • McCormick Global Ingredients Limited engages CHC to conduct a series of studies into Cinnamomum burmannii on the island of Sumatra.
  • 2018
    • CHC sources its first commercial quantity of raw material Indonesian cassia.
  • 2019
    • CHC establishes a distillation lab in Padang for measuring cinnamon VO & MC.
  • 2020
    • CHC establishes offices in Kerinci (cinnamon source) and Padang.
    • CHC became the first certified farm management system for cinnamon globally under the SAI platform.
    • CHC’s farm management groups supply the first FSA certified cinnamon in the world.
    • CHC partners with NCBA Clusa and McCormick to deliver the Indonesia Spice Trade Alliance (cinnamon).
  • 2021
    • CHC continues to certify farmers to FSA.
  • 2022
    • CHC expands its capacity to source up to 200 tonne per month of FSA cinnamon + 150 tonne per month conventional from its supplier base.
    • CHC partners with McCormick to deliver a Women’s Empowerment community engagement project in Jambi province, training women in business and financial management with the output being six women establishing cassia nurseries.
    • CHC commences exporting broken and clean Indonesian cassia.
    • CHC changes its name to Collins Higgins Commodities to reflect the complete transition to a science based commodity sourcing and exporting company.
    • CHC partners with NCBA Clusa and McCormick to deliver the Indonesia Spice Trade Alliance (cinnamon).