The occasions
The henna night, the wedding days, the visits after a birth, the two Eids: each one puts sweets and chocolate in front of guests and sends some home with them. The traders that serve those days buy sugared almonds by colour, chocolate dragées in milk, dark and white, coated almonds and hazelnuts, wrapped sweets for the bags and boxed assortments for the table. The volumes are large and the season is short, which is why the trade orders a container ahead rather than a carton at a time. The dragée page and the confectionery page list the groups.
By colour, by the carton
Sugared almonds come one colour per carton or mixed, in the whites, golds and the strong colours the occasion trade asks for; chocolate dragées and coated nuts in a matching range; wrapped sweets by the kilo bag. The case weight per line is stated in the offer, so a trader knows how many tables a carton dresses before it orders, and the colours can be run to your own palette on selected lines under the private label page, with the cartons carrying your name.
Eid and the calendar
Eid comes twice a year and the weddings cluster in the cooler months, so a trader plans the whites and golds for the year and the seasonal colours a container ahead. The Eid ordering article goes through the timing from Gaziantep; the offer states the lead time per line and the transit to Misrata or Benghazi.
Dry or reefer
Sugared almonds, wrapped sweets and Turkish delight travel dry all year and sit on a warm shelf without complaint; chocolate dragées, coated nuts and boxed assortments go in the reefer, year round on this route, and need a cool room until the day. A trader that plans the two separately, almonds and sweets for the bags, chocolate for the table, sells both.
Who buys the container
A trader buys by the carton from a wholesaler or an importer; the importer fills the container. Because the container is mixed, the occasion lines travel on their own pallet next to wafers, wrapped bars and Turkish delight, so a wholesaler that serves the occasion trade adds the favour lines to an order it was making anyway. A large trader that holds the import licence and pools a container is quoted like an importer.
What to send first
The lines from the chocolate page, the confectionery page and the dragée page, the quantity per line, the port, Misrata, Benghazi, Khoms or Tripoli, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars, with the certifying body named per line; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first, and the Libya page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Can a wedding trader order directly?
The unit of sale is one full container, mixed across lines. A trader buys by the carton from the importer or wholesaler; one that holds the licence and pools a container is quoted like an importer.
Which colours?
One colour per carton or mixed, in the range the occasion trade asks for; the offer lists the colours and the case weight per line.
Do sugared almonds need a reefer?
No, they travel dry. Chocolate dragées and boxed assortments travel in the reefer with the chocolate lines.
