I think it just means that they brought the goods from the Elves of Lorien. They are kin, both groups of Elves being part of the Nandor, and mainly Silvan Elves.
I suppose the 'far away' would have been appropriate at that time, as wasn't Sauron in Dol Guldur at the time? I'm sure Gandalf and the White Council only evicted him at the end of the events in The Hobbit. With Sauron between the two realms they may as well have been thousands of miles apart.
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