PT Mulia Coconut Charcoal Indonesia, trading as Mulia Charcoal, is a coconut shell charcoal manufacturer working across two of our own sites: a carbonization plant in Bitung, North Sulawesi, at the shell source, and a 4,200 m² briquetting factory in Semarang, Central Java, at the port. We carbonize most of our own char at the source, and every briquette is milled, pressed, dried, weathered and packed on our own lines at Semarang.
Quick answer
Are you a coconut charcoal factory or a trader?
We are the manufacturer: PT Mulia Coconut Charcoal Indonesia carbonizes most of its char at its own plant in Bitung, North Sulawesi, and mills, presses, dries, weathers and packs every briquette at its factory in Semarang, Central Java, 350 tons a month. We make one product, coconut shisha charcoal, ship it to 35 countries, and sell from a minimum of 18 tons (one 20ft container), FOB Semarang.
Factory at a glance
Mulia Charcoal is manufactured in-house at our Semarang factory. These are the core facts buyers verify first.
- Location
- Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
- Facility area
- 4,200 m²
- Production lines
- 4
- Carbonization ovens
- 8 × 1.5 t/batch, 24 h cycle (Bitung)
- Oven heat
- gas and electric (Bitung)
- Capacity
- 14 t/day · 350 t/month
- Workforce
- 86 employees
- Established
- 2018
- Raw material
- Coconut shell
- MOQ · port
- 18 tons (one 20ft container) · FOB Semarang, Indonesia
1. One product, two sites
We make one product, coconut shisha charcoal, and nothing else: cube, finger, hexagonal, dome, flat and lotus briquettes. The whole factory is set up for hookah coals, not split across unrelated product lines.
We own both plants: the carbonization plant at Bitung, where the shell is, and the briquetting factory at Semarang, where the ship is — pressing, drying and weathering (at least 14 days). Most of the char we press is carbonized at our own plant; we supplement from vetted suppliers to meet demand, and that char is checked more strictly at intake than our own. The sections below break down how it's made, how much we can ship, where we source the raw material, and how to verify it for yourself.
2. The people who make your charcoal
A trader can't show you an org chart. The people below are named here with their consent; meet the full team on our About page.
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Antony Tan
Head of Crusher Operations
3. How our coconut charcoal is made
Definition
Coconut shisha charcoal is made by carbonizing coconut shell, milling it to powder, binding it with tapioca starch, pressing it into shape, then drying and weathering the briquettes.
Bitung, North Sulawesi
- 1Carbonization
Semarang, Central Java
- 2–3Milling & sieving + Mixing & binder
- 4Pressing & forming
- 5Drying
- 6Weathering
- 7Quality control & packing
- 7 stages: carbonization → milling → mixing → pressing → drying → weathering → QC
- Binder: natural tapioca starch and water. Additives: none — no chemical additives or igniting agents
- Briquettes are weathered for at least 14 days before packing
See our full coconut charcoal production process
Inside the factory
Photographs from the production floor — milling, pressing, drying, and the QC bench, plus the carbonization kiln at Bitung. Professional photography is in progress; placeholders are shown until the shoot lands.
- Briquetting extrusion line
Briquetting line - Kiln charging, Bitung plant
Carbonization kiln — Bitung plant - Cube press
Briquetting press - Milling and grading
Milling station - Drying tunnel exit
Drying tunnel - Burn and ash test
QC bench
4. Production capacity & lead times
Carbonization ovens at our Bitung plant (8 of them) feed the briquetting lines at the Semarang factory (4). Finished output is 14 tons per day and 350 tons per month.
- 350 tons/month — about 19 twenty-foot containers of 18 tons
- One 20ft container is about 5% of monthly capacity
- Production lead time 21 days (20-ft) / 21–25 (40-ft)
5. Raw materials & sourcing
Our single raw material is coconut shell — an upcycled byproduct — sourced from North Sulawesi, Maluku, NTT and carbonized mostly at our own plant in Bitung, supplemented from vetted suppliers to meet demand.
- Coconut shell sourced across North Sulawesi, Maluku, NTT
- We own the carbonization plant in Bitung — vertical integration, not a broker
- A renewable byproduct: no tree is felled to make the charcoal
6. Factory walkthrough & visits
You can verify the factory through the surveyor at loading, with an in-person visit, on a live video call.
- Visit in person — we welcome buyers to see production and container stuffing
- The factory appoints the surveyor at stuffing by default, usually Carsurin, SGS or Beckjorindo. A buyer may nominate their own surveyor instead.
7. Countries we export to
Mulia Charcoal coconut shisha charcoal ships to 35 countries across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, CIS, and Asia-Pacific.
Exporting coconut shisha charcoal since 2018.
Markets we currently ship to:
- USA
- Canada
- UK
- Brazil
- Germany
- Poland
- France
- Spain
- Greece
- Czech Republic
- Russia
- Turkey
- Lebanon
- Morocco
- Saudi Arabia
- Israel
- Palestine
- Oman
- Jordan
- UAE
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Iraq
- India
- Pakistan
- Nepal
- Azerbaijan
- Turkmenistan
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- South Korea
- China
- Taiwan
- Japan
- Australia
Important
We are a registered Indonesian manufacturer (NIB 0220001330412, NPWP 97.328.977.3-164.000). Payments are made only to our registered corporate account, shown on the proforma invoice — never to a personal account.
Customization & OEM
Beyond our six standard shapes — cube, finger, hexagonal, dome, flat, and lotus — we produce to your requirements: custom sizes and shapes, and — when you have a target spec — we develop a recipe toward it.
- Develop-to-spec: give us a target ash, density, or burn time and we'll work a recipe toward it, confirmed by sample — not guaranteed by claim.
- We sign a non-disclosure agreement on your designs and brand before any artwork changes hands.
A custom size is ordered on the standard terms: 18 tons (one 20ft container), the standard production lead time, and the tooling carried in the unit price rather than charged separately.
Custom sizes: terms and what to send See packaging & white-label options
8. Isn't it safer to buy through a trading company?
Note
It's a fair question. Trading houses exist because they can lower the risk of a first import — and for some buyers, on some deals, that trade-off is real. Here's when it holds, and why buying direct from this factory still removes the risks that matter most.
A reputable trading company can consolidate several factories' output, carry inventory closer to your market, extend credit terms, and absorb a bad batch without you ever seeing it. For a buyer placing a first, sub-container trial across multiple product types, that convenience can outweigh the margin a middleman takes.
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But that convenience costs you the two things a wholesale charcoal buyer needs most: price transparency and quality control. A trader sets your price on top of ours and rarely names the real factory, so you can't audit who made your coal or hold anyone accountable for a burn or ash failure. Buying direct from PT Mulia Coconut Charcoal Indonesia closes that gap: you deal with the registered manufacturer (NIB 0220001330412, NPWP 97.328.977.3-164.000), pay only into our corporate account shown on the proforma invoice, and can nominate your own surveyor for the loading at our factory before the container ships. At 350 tons a month, one 20ft container is about 5% of our capacity. You get a single factory's spec, batch after batch, instead of a trader's blended supply.
Where a trader still wins is multi-product consolidation or local stock-and-credit — neither of which a single-product factory offers. If your need is consistent, audit-traceable coconut shisha charcoal at container scale, direct is the lower-risk route.
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