Sized as a second lane, not as a swap
On the only figures available here — mirror figures, read from the rest of the world's export records rather than from local customs returns — the chocolate arriving in 2024 came to 10,865,667 US dollars and sugar confectionery to 18,207,580. Of those, 98.7 per cent and 93.8 per cent came from one neighbouring country, and Türkiye sits seventh and sixth at 0.08 and 0.12 per cent. Nothing here is empty, so a first container is sized as cover: wide enough to matter in the week the main lane stalls, light enough not to tie up capital.
Which lines go in, and what the mix does to the box
What loads from our side is chocolate, dragées, Turkish delight, wrapped confectionery and spreads in jars, and one container can carry as many of those lines as you want on one order and one document set. The mix then decides the box. Chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer through the warm months; Turkish delight, dragées, jellies and wrapped confectionery travel dry; both can share a container. Because the journey finishes overland, the cold chain is booked for the whole trip, and the offer says which lines are reefer lines.
Format is settled before flavour
Each line is pinned to a format before it can be priced: bulk carton for the cash-and-carry floor, retail box for a supermarket facing, doypack for dragées, jar for spreads, printed box for gifting. That choice drives case weight, pack count and pallet stacking, and decides whose name is on the wrapper — the producer's, or yours. This page prints no case pack and no minimum: they differ line by line, and the offer states them per line. On own-label lines nothing goes to print before you approve the artwork.
Shelf words, read as specification questions
Search here is thin and consumer-side: two rounds on real geography returned 1,017 raw phrases, 16 above a twenty-a-month threshold, about 550 searches a month between them, and zero of it in trade wording; 10 seeds added 100 autocomplete suggestions and no trade query. Read as specification questions, the leftovers still earn a place. “Dubai chocolate” and “dubai choc”, at 50 a month each, name a thick filled bar rather than a list item: send the filling, the bar weight and the pack. “Eclairs”, at 40, is two products — a wrapped toffee or a baked pastry. “Turkish delight”, at 30, is already in range.
What the offer states in writing
The written offer states, for every line, the price per line in US dollars, case weight and lead time, the delivery term — FCA Gaziantep, FOB Mersin, CIF or DAP — the port of entry and who carries the inland leg. Mersin is about three hours by road from our factory in Gaziantep. Theorigin document and the rules that apply are named in the form valid on the day, and your clearing agent confirms them for the consignment. With the goods come the technical data sheet, the analysis report per line and our certificates, issued in their name.
Confirmed before the first order — and what to send now
Three things are settled first. The label: English carries the food name, ingredients with allergens, metric net weight, the importer's address and the date marking, drafted from our data sheet on own-label lines and checked against your artwork. The naming rule: a vegetable-fat coating is a compound or a glaze on the sheet, on the pack and in the price list, never chocolate; in the European Union it cannot be labelled as chocolate at all. The range boundary: baklava, tahini, couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit and cocoa are sourced on request, with composition and format confirmed first. Send thelines, the format for each, an indicative quantity and the delivery point; the offer comes back in writing.
Can a first container mix chocolate with Turkish delight and jars?
Yes — one container, as many lines as you want, on one order and one document set. The mix decides the box: chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer through the warm months, while Turkish delight, dragées, jellies and wrapped confectionery travel dry, and both can share the same container. Because the journey finishes overland, the offer states which lines are reefer lines so the cold chain covers the inland leg too.
What do you need from us before you can quote the first one?
The lines you want priced and the format for each — bulk carton, retail box, doypack, jar or printed box — an indicative quantity, the port of entry and the delivery point, and whether each line keeps the producer's wrapper or carries your own name. Case weight, pack count, lead time and the minimum for that line then come back stated per line rather than averaged across the order.
Can you add baklava or tahini to the first container?
Not from our own range. Baklava, tahini, couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit, cocoa, halva and empty packaging are sourced on request: we confirm composition and format before quoting, and whatever is confirmed loads in the same container as the rest. What cannot be confirmed stays out of the offer.
