Welcome to East Timor Trading Group

Building the future together

Commercial

We are one of Timor-Leste’s leading distributors of fast-moving consumer goods, servicing over 2200 outlets across all 13 districts of the country.

Retail & Hospitality

We bring the world to Timor-Leste through our multinational hospitality brands of Burger King™ and Gloria Jean’s Coffees™.

Our Brands

Latest News

  • Bravo! ASEAN

    Sunday 26 October 2025 Bravo! Timor-Leste receives full membership status to ASEAN. This has been in the pipeline for many [...]

  • Zeenat Awan-Aluwihare, Director of CSR

    Dear Ms. Zeenat Awan-Aluwihare, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, East Timor Trading Group It is with great pleasure that I [...]

  • Australia, The Complacent

    A reply to recent articles and posts by HE Jose Ramos-Horta: “How one island has resisted Chinese control – for [...]

Our Story

Building the Future Together

When Sakib and Neelo Awan founded East Timor Trading, it was a model family business with a commitment to the well-being of staff, their immediate families, and future generations.

Twenty-two years later, we retain the ethos of family, and those future generations are among our employees. Now, with more than 200 staff, our commitment to the Timorese people remains, but on a larger scale.

Guided by an adherence to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, our philanthropic ventures in the form of building schools, providing educational scholarships, and supporting community events provide tangible benefits to the people of Timor-Leste, and a sense of pride that we continue to make a difference.

On a business front, we continue to develop our range of international brands through our extensive national distribution capability and retail & hospitality network, and as growth continues, we are expanding into real estate development, growing our own corporate facilities while simultaneously providing new business opportunities for future investors.