What already sells
The wafer, the wrapped bar, the compound-coated line and the wrapped sweet by the kilo bag: Turkish confectionery sells in Sierra Leone on price and on tolerance to heat, in our standard packs, brought in by importers who know the port and the paperwork. An importer that wants to add those lines can carry established Turkish chocolate brands from the start; the brands or your own label article goes through the choice, and the confectionery page lists the lines.
What is missing
The gift shelf. The supermarkets of Freetown have a shopper who expects the pistachio tablet, the Dubai style bar, the boxed Turkish delight and the mini-bar assortment, and finds them rarely and expensively; the hotel shop and the airport want the same box, for a visitor on the way out. That is where the Turkish lines earn a second place on the offer, in a reefer, next to the everyday lines that go dry. The chocolate page and the Turkish delight page list the groups.
Turkish products in Sierra Leone
The search for Turkish products in Sierra Leone comes from a buyer looking for a counterpart, and the honest answer is that most Turkish producers do not sit in Freetown; they sell through an exporter and an importer. We are the manufacturer and exporter: every line is made in our Gaziantep factory, the offer states the certificates and the label per line, and the importer in Sierra Leone holds the permit. The how we work page goes through the steps.
Who buys the container
The unit of sale is one full container, mixed across lines. A food importer, a Freetown wholesale house or a provincial distributor fills it, with the permit and the registration on its side; a shop or a stall buys by the carton from the importer that brings it in. The offer puts the price in US dollars with the tariff line and the duty that applies on the day.
Dry or reefer
Wafers, compound lines, wrapped sweets, sugared almonds and Turkish delight travel dry all year; chocolate lines go in the reefer, year round on this route, and are stated as chocolate on the offer. The mixed-container page explains how the load is built, each line on its own pallet, so an importer can add the gift shelf to an order of the everyday lines it was making anyway.
What to send first
The lines from the chocolate page, the confectionery page and the Turkish delight page, the quantity per line, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first, and the Sierra Leone page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Can we carry Turkish brands or do we need our own?
Both. Most lines are available in our standard packs from the first container; on selected lines the same products can be made under your own name.
Are there Turkish producers in Sierra Leone?
Most sell through an exporter and an importer. We are the manufacturer and exporter; every line of the offer is specified.
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.
