The Cypriot shelf is stocked from Greece — where a Turkish container fits

A lane, not a factory

The competitor on a Cypriot shelf is not a Cypriot manufacturer. It is a re-supply line that is short, frequent and already trusted: the same suppliers, the same rhythm. Distance and habit are its advantages, and neither is worth arguing with.

Türkiye barely registers in these import tables. This is not a working trade waiting to be scaled up; it is not there. So a first container is not the continuation of a history. It is a decision about the shelf, taken by a buyer who can see a gap and wants it filled.

What the lane does not carry

The opening is at the ends of the range. Whole-pistachio and double-roasted lokum — not the plain grades any European supplier can source, but the ones a short lane rarely lists. Kadayıf-wrapped lines, and the pistachio and kadayıf bar in the Dubai style, which that lane has no equivalent for at all.

Then two format items. Dragées sorted by colour and calibre, which is how the island's μπομπονιέρα trade buys: to a palette and a size band for weddings and christenings, not to a product name. And pistachio cream in jars — a spreadable cream for retail and counter use, not a hundred-per-cent pastry paste, worth saying plainly because both get asked for under the same word.

Why these are running lines in Gaziantep

This is not a marketing angle; it is where the inputs sit. Pistachios and kadayıf are produced in and around Gaziantep, which is why the pistachio grades of lokum, the kadayıf-wrapped items and the filled bar are ordinary weekly production rather than special projects. A producer working with that material constantly can state a pistachio percentage and hold it.

We manufacture and export: the goods are made in our own factory in Gaziantep and loaded into one container. Certificates are held for our factory, and copies are available on request.

Chocolate or cocoa glaze, and the Greek label

Settle one thing before anything is priced. In the EU a vegetable-fat coating cannot be labelled chocolate, and some bars in this style are compound-coated. The offer states line by line whether the coating is chocolate or a cocoa glaze, because that decides the product name on the pack, not only the cost.

Cyprus is in the EU, so processed confectionery moves under the customs union on an A.TR movement certificate; the offer states what applies on the day. The Greek-language label is drawn from our technical specification, while responsibility for what it says rests with the operator placing the goods on the EU market — so the text is agreed first, and nothing goes to print without written approval.

Minimum per line, one container, two regimes

The sales unit is a full container or a full truck; there is no groupage. The minimum is per line, written into the offer rather than per container— which lets a first order carry six or seven references in measured quantity, each on its own pallet, under one packing list and one movement certificate.

Temperature splits the load. Lokum, dragées and gelled sweets travel dry all year. Chocolate and chocolate-coated lines want +18 to +20 °C, so a refrigerated container is offered in the hot months; if a dry one is preferred, that risk passes to the buyer in writing, before loading. On a mixed load the regime is stated group by group.

What to send

Send the references with a quantity against each, the port or delivery address, and for the dragées the colours and calibres you need. Say whether jars and boxes carry your own label or the producer's. The written offer follows within two working days, line by line: technical specification, ingredients and allergens, net weight, carton and pallet data, minimum and tariff heading. Payment is 50 per cent at order and 50 before the container leaves, against loading photographs.