Turning Coconut Shells into an Export Product

Coconut shell charcoal is one of the main products associated with PT Shubra International Group. The company specializes in producing and exporting coconut charcoal products from Indonesia, with its operations based in Cirebon, West Java.

The manufacturing process begins with coconut shell as the primary raw material. Instead of leaving coconut shells as an unused by-product, the material can be processed into charcoal and subsequently formed into briquettes.

PT Shubra International Group’s publicly listed products include coconut briquette charcoal and 100% coconut charcoal briquettes.

One publicly available product listing associated with PT Shubra International Group describes coconut charcoal made from 100% coconut shell charcoal. The product is offered in cube formats and is intended for hookah applications. The listing specifies sizes of 25 × 25 × 25 mm and 22 × 22 × 22 mm.

The same listing provides product specifications such as approximately 2.2% ash content, a reported burning time of around 120 minutes, and approximately 95% hardness. These are listed product specifications, rather than general claims about every charcoal product manufactured by the company.

Other publicly listed information for the company also identifies coconut shell as the raw material and lists characteristics such as natural black color, maximum 3% ash, 75–80% fixed carbon, and maximum 12% moisture for a separate coconut-shell charcoal product.

The company therefore operates in a specialized segment of the charcoal industry, focusing on coconut-based charcoal rather than relying solely on conventional wood charcoal.

Its export activity provides additional evidence of its manufacturing business. Trade records document shipments of coconut shell charcoal briquettes under Shubra International Group’s name. One documented shipment to Saudi Arabia, for example, involved 25,000 kg of coconut shell charcoal briquettes.

This combination of manufacturing and international trade forms the core of PT Shubra International Group’s business.