AYYS Commodities is a Paris-based commodity trading house specialising in the sourcing and structured execution of critical metal flows. We work with industrial buyers, manufacturers and processors who require reliable access to upstream supply — with the documentation, compliance and logistics discipline that complex international transactions demand.
AYYS structures metal transactions from mandate to delivery. We identify upstream supply, qualify producers, negotiate commercial terms, arrange logistics and manage settlement — acting as principal or agent depending on the transaction structure.
We are not a financial intermediary, not a brokerage list and not a trading platform. Every transaction involves AYYS as an active participant with responsibility for documentation, compliance and execution.
Our coverage spans base metals, battery materials, rare earth elements, precious metals, ferroalloys and certified scrap grades. We source from upstream producers in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia.
AYYS Commodities SAS — Société par Actions Simplifiée
3 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
SIRET: 102 790 375 00012
RCS Paris — registered commercial entity
VAT: FR XX 102790375
AYYS operates as a commodity trading house under French commercial law. Transactions involving financial instruments (forwards, options) are structured through appropriately regulated counterparties. AYYS does not provide regulated financial advice. All transactions subject to internal KYC/AML policy and applicable sanctions regimes.
AYYS Commodities — Base metals, battery materials, REE, precious metals, ferroalloys
AYYS MedCare — Medical supply chain, active pharmaceutical ingredients, hospital equipment
AYYS Energy (forthcoming) — Energy commodity trading & flow structuring
AYYS Agri (forthcoming) — Agricultural commodity sourcing
AYYS is not a volume trader. We structure a limited number of mandates at any given time — enough to execute with attention and enough to maintain supplier relationships worth having. The operating principles below define how we work.
KYC and AML checks are completed on both buyer and seller before any commercial discussion proceeds. No exceptions for speed, volume or relationship. We consider compliance a precondition for doing business, not a procedure to manage afterward.
AYYS sources from producers, not from intermediaries who source from producers. This means longer onboarding on new corridors and more complex due diligence — and it means our buyers know where their metal comes from. We document origin at site level, not country level.
Every transaction produces a complete documentation package: contract, inspection cert, bill of lading, certificate of origin, insurance policy, invoice, packing list and applicable compliance declarations. We do not close transactions with documentary gaps, regardless of commercial pressure.
AYYS Signal is not a marketing tool — it is the situational awareness layer that informs every sourcing decision. Our trading desk monitors price structure, logistics conditions and geopolitical risk continuously, and adjusts mandates in real time when conditions change.
AYYS selects the buyers and sellers it works with — not the other way around. We decline mandates where the compliance profile is unclear, where the commercial structure creates unacceptable risk, or where the counterparty's end use is inconsistent with responsible supply chain practice.
Building a reliable sourcing corridor takes time. AYYS invests in supplier relationships ahead of buyer demand — qualifying producers, completing diligence and establishing logistics before mandates are active. This is why our response time on validated corridors is 24–48 hours, not weeks.
AYYS is a lean, expert team. We are traders, compliance specialists and logistics professionals with backgrounds spanning mining companies, commodity banks, freight forwarding and regulatory advisory. We do not outsource execution.
If you are an industrial buyer seeking reliable access to upstream critical metal supply, or a producer seeking qualified international offtakers, we want to hear from you.
