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Importing chocolate and confectionery to Jordan from Türkiye: the label, the border check and Aqaba

An importer wants to know what to hold and what the supplier must send before a container clears at Aqaba. Here is the split from the supplier’s side, with the label first, because the label is what the border check reads first.

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The label

Arabic on the label, with English alongside if you want it: the name of the food, the ingredient list with allergens, metric net weight, storage, the importer’s name and address, and the production and expiry dates printed on the pack in production rather than added on a sticker. For lines in our standard packs we confirm what the export pack carries before the deposit; for private label we prepare the content from our data sheet and you approve the artwork before printing. The Jordanian private label page goes through it.

The border check

The importer is registered with the food and drug authority, which checks and samples consignments at the border; our technical data sheet, our certificates and the analysis report per line travel with the container so the check has what it asks for. Lines with ingredients of animal origin travel with our halal certificate and the certifying body named. Where a certificate is asked for that we do not hold, the offer says so before the deposit.

Customs

There is no free trade agreement in force between Jordan and Türkiye. The offer states the tariff line for each product and the duty that applies on the day, and nothing about duty is printed on this site, because it changes; the landed cost is in the offer, before the order. 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.

The route and the reefer

Sea freight from Mersin to Aqaba, with the transshipment port and the transit stated in the offer; a road trailer is quoted on request. The sea route is warm in every season, so chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer year round; Turkish delight, sugared almonds and jellies travel dry. The mixed-container page explains how the load is built, each line on its own pallet.

The timeline

Label and certificates first, then the deposit, then production, then the container. An importer that has cleared our lines once clears the next lines faster, because the data sheets, the halal certificates and the label content are already on file, and the border check recognises a producer it has seen before. Because the label content is settled before the deposit, we print the dates at the run and the pack that leaves Mersin is the pack that goes on the shelf, with no relabelling at Aqaba; that is the single largest saving on this route, and the reason the label comes first in this article. The Jordan page lists what stays the same on every offer.

What to send

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 jordan: 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 Jordan?

No. The importer is registered with the food and drug authority; we supply the data sheet, certificates and analysis report per line, named in the offer.

Is there duty on chocolate from Türkiye into Jordan?

There is no free trade agreement in force; the offer states the tariff line and the duty that applies on the day, not this site.

Is the container a reefer?

For chocolate lines, yes, year round on the sea route. Dry lines travel dry; a mixed load is quoted as the offer states.

How to order

Send the list. We do the rest.

Send your product list with approximate quantities and the destination port. You get one offer covering every line, then one container, loaded and photographed before the doors close.

Mixed containerHow a list becomes a container →