The permit and the registration
The importer holds an import permit from the food and drug authority and registers each imported food product before it is brought in; the standards agency checks the goods on arrival. As the Turkish producer we do not register ourselves; we supply the technical data sheet with ingredients, allergens, shelf life and storage, our certificates and the analysis report per line so the registration points at the right plant. All of it is sent before the deposit, because the permit and the registration run on the importer’s side and are not counted in the lead time.
The two-language label
An Amharic and English label: the name of the food, the ingredient list with allergens, metric net weight, storage, the production and expiry dates and the importer’s name and address. For lines in our standard packs we confirm what the export pack carries and what the importer adds as a sticker; for private label we prepare the content in both languages and the importer checks the Amharic before printing. The importer’s name goes on a sticker where the export pack does not carry it, and the sticker is confirmed before the deposit. The Ethiopian private label page goes through it.
Customs, the payment route and the documents
There is no free trade agreement between Ethiopia and Türkiye; the offer states the tariff line per product, the duty that applies on the day and the payment route that applies on the day, and nothing about either is printed on this site. The commercial set is the invoice, the packing list per pallet, the certificate of origin, the analysis report and, for pistachio lines, an aflatoxin certificate, listed on the how we work page, with the transit documents for the inland leg.
Djibouti and the road
Sea freight from Mersin to Djibouti, with the transshipment and the transit stated in the offer; then inland to Addis Ababa under transit by rail or road, with the route, the delivery term and where the reefer chain ends stated. Chocolate lines are quoted in a reefer to Djibouti and need a cool chain inland, and are stated as chocolate; compound-coated lines for the kiosk shelf and the dry lines travel dry, which is why a landlocked market leans on them. The date format on the pack is confirmed on the artwork before printing, and the transit documents for the inland leg are issued with the shipping documents. The mixed-container page explains how the load is built.
The timeline
Permit and registration first, then the deposit, then production, then the reefer to Djibouti and the road. An importer that has registered our lines once registers the next lines faster, because the data sheets and certificates are already on file. The Ethiopia page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Asking for a price
Start with the product pages: pick the lines, say how many and name the port. The written offer follows within two working days and states what each line weighs by the carton and what the minimum is.
Tasting first is normal — samples are free from running production, you cover the courier. The ethiopia: what stays the same on every offer page lists what stays the same on every offer, and the private label page covers putting your own name on the pack.
Does the Turkish producer register in Ethiopia?
No. The importer holds the permit and registers each product; we supply the data sheet, certificates and analysis report per line, named in the offer.
When are the documents sent?
Before the deposit, so the permit and the registration run first; they are not counted in the lead time.
How does the container reach Addis Ababa?
It clears at Djibouti and travels inland under transit by rail or road; the offer states the route, the term and where the reefer chain ends.
