A channel large enough to answer in
Across most of this region the trade side measures as a trace: a dozen phrases, a couple of hundred searches a month, nothing to build a page around. Algeria does not read that way. 1,530 searches a month use wholesale, importer or supply wording in French, inside a French category total of 18,370 spread over 213 phrases.
A figure that size is worth answering rather than noting: a written French page has somebody on the other end of it, and a first contact here can begin in a search box rather than an unannounced message.
Thirty in one language, fifteen hundred in the other
Arabic is the louder language by volume: 22,900 searches a month around the category, nearly all of it household language — a flavour, a gift, a price at the piece. Above the same threshold, wholesale and importer phrasing in Arabic comes to 30 a month.
The split is not about which language is spoken but about which desk is typing. The household shops in Arabic; the purchasing office writes in French. English sits apart at 4,690 a month with 70 in trade wording, read largely from outside the country.
The 2,760 we did not report
The French trade figure first came back as 2,760 a month, which is not the figure above. Sorted by meaning instead of by string, one request turns up several times with the words rearranged: noun ahead of adjective, a preposition swapped, a singular made plural. Each variant is stored as its own row with its own volume.
Merged, the figure is 1,530; the raw total read 1.8 times larger. The arithmetic is not the lesson: before reporting a number it is worth knowing what it failed to count, because an unaudited figure becomes an order quantity later.
Three languages, three destinations, none of them a factory
Typing the category in each language shows where a buyer lands. Arabic queries fill with online retail out of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia: finished shelves, consumer prices, doorstep delivery. French queries return wholesalers in France and Spain: European stock bought once already, with a European margin and a second document set behind it.
English queries return trade-statistics pages, useful for reading a table and useless for filling a carton. Whatever the language, the goods on view have stopped somewhere in between. Loading at origin removes that stop.
The offer travels in French; the panel is decided separately
Since the buying happens in French, quotation and specification are drafted in French: ingredients and allergens, net weight, carton and pallet figures, the minimum for that line and the proposed tariff heading.
What is printed on the box is a separate decision, taken against what the arrival market requires and checked against your artwork beforehand. Two naming rules hold in either language: a vegetable-fat coating is a glaze, never chocolate, and the jar line is a spread. The importer of record files the entry and answers for the description; certificates are issued for our factory, and the origin document and the rules that apply are named in theoffer.
What to send so it can be quoted
Write in French or in English. Send the lines you want priced; the format for each, bulk carton, retail box or jar; an indicative quantity; the port of arrival; the importer of record named on the pack; and whether the label keeps our standard pack or carries your brand, in which case nothing is printed without written approval.
The answer comes back in writing. We quote FCA Gaziantep, FOB Mersin, CIF or DAP; Gaziantep to Mersin is about three hours by road (how we work). Couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit and cocoa sit outside the range: sourced on request, with composition and format confirmed beforequoting.
Should we write to you in French, Arabic or English?
Any of the three, and the reply comes back in the language you wrote in. The measured trade demand here is French — 1,530 a month against 30 in Arabic — so unless you ask otherwise the quotation and the specification are drafted in French. What goes on the pack is a separate decision, prepared against what the arrival market requires.
Why publish 1,530 when the raw figure was 2,760?
Because the raw total counts the same request more than once. Word-order variants of one phrase are stored as separate rows with separate volumes, so merging them leaves 1,530 and the raw total reads 1.8 times larger. We would rather quote against the smaller figure we can defend.
Who declares the goods on arrival?
The Algerian importer of record files the entry and answers for the description given; no supplier holds that position for you. Our side is the supply file: certificates issued for our factory with the holder identified, label content drafted for the arrival market, and the origin document and applicable rules named in the offer.
