The spread you save by going direct is the price of four functions somebody still has to perform. How to tell a factory from a trader, and how Brazilian import structures change the comparison.
A tender specification is a promise you will have to verify. The adjectives that measure nothing, the bamboo properties that can be checked with an instrument, the acceptance sampling that settles disputes in advance — and the documentation lines most tenders forget.
State and municipal plastic restrictions keep expanding while hospitality chains move faster than the law. What bamboo honestly replaces in food service, the claims discipline that keeps the switch lawful, and the specification that survives a commercial dishwasher.