What already sells
The wafer, the wrapped bar, the compound-coated line and the wrapped sweet by the kilo bag: Turkish confectionery sells in Zambia on price and on tolerance to heat and to the road, in our standard packs, brought in by importers who know the corridors from Dar es Salaam, Durban and Beira. 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 in Lusaka and the Copperbelt 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. That is where the Turkish lines earn a second place on the offer, in a reefer to the port and a cool chain inland, next to the everyday lines that go dry. The chocolate page and the Turkish delight page list the groups.
Turkish companies in Zambia
The search for Turkish products in Zambia comes from a buyer looking for a counterpart, and the honest answer is that most Turkish producers do not sit in Lusaka; 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, the label and the inland leg per line, and the importer in Zambia 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 Lusaka wholesale house or a Copperbelt distributor fills it, with the permit and the registration on its side; a tuck shop or a gift shop buys by the carton from the importer that brings it in. The offer puts the price in US dollars with the tariff line, the duty that applies on the day and the inland leg.
Dry or reefer
Wafers, compound lines, wrapped sweets, sugared almonds and Turkish delight travel dry all year, to the coast and on the road; chocolate lines go in the reefer to the port and need a cool chain inland, 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, the port you clear through, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars and the inland leg stated; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first, and the Zambia page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Every line here is made in our own factory at Başpınar OSB, Gaziantep — a 10,000 m² site, exporting since 2002 — and certificate copies are available on request.
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 Zambia?
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, to the port, with a cool chain inland. Compound lines and dry lines are quoted as the offer states.
