Who holds what
The importer is registered with the food safety authority, registers each imported food product before it is brought in and holds the import permit where the line needs one. As the Turkish producer we do not register ourselves; we supply the documents the registration needs, 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 registration runs on the importer’s side and is not counted in the lead time.
The label
An 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, and the date format is confirmed on the artwork before printing. The Gambian private label page goes through it.
Customs, documents and the route
The Gambia applies the West African common external tariff and there is no free trade agreement with Türkiye; the offer states the tariff line per product and the duty that applies on the day, and nothing about duty 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. Sea freight from Mersin to Banjul, with the transshipment and the transit stated in the offer.
The reefer and the two shelves
The route and the shelf are warm in every season, so chocolate lines are quoted in a reefer year round and stated as chocolate; compound-coated lines that go to the shop shelf are stated as compound; Turkish delight, sugared almonds and jellies travel dry. The mixed-container page explains how the load is built, each line on its own pallet.
What comes from our factory
The technical data sheet with ingredients, allergens, shelf life and storage; our certificates, food-safety and halal where it applies; the analysis report per lot; and the label content. All of it is named per line in the offer and sent before the deposit, because the registration runs on the importer’s side and is not counted in the lead time; a wholesaler that serves the shop, the hotel and the border trade sends one list and receives one offer.
The timeline
Registration first, then the deposit, then production, then the reefer. An importer that has registered our lines once registers the next lines faster, because the data sheets and certificates are already on file, and a trader that sells on across the border plans the label and the pallet plan for both markets from the first order. The Gambia page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Does the Turkish producer register in The Gambia?
No. The importer registers with the food safety authority 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 registration runs first; it is not counted in the lead time.
Is the container a reefer?
For chocolate lines, yes, year round on this route. Compound lines and dry lines are quoted as the offer states.
