Sized as a second lane, not as a swap
This market declares its own figures. In 2024 chocolate declarations came to 3,317,819 US dollars and sugar confectionery to 2,922,940. In chocolate, 80.8 per cent came from South Africa and 15.3 from Zambia, Egypt third at 2.2. In confectionery the order reverses: Zambia 78.0 per cent, South Africa 17.2. Türkiye sits sixth in chocolate at 0.4 per cent and is absent from the confectionery table. Nothing here is empty, so a first container is sized as cover: wide enough to matter in the week the usual lane stalls, light enough not to tie up capital.
Which lines go in, and what the mix does to the box
What loads from our side is chocolate, dragées, Turkish delight, wrapped confectionery and spreads in jars, made in our own factory. One container carries as many of those lines as you want on one order and one document set: you test several listings instead of one. The mix then decides the box: chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer through the warm months; Turkish delight, dragées and jellies travel dry, and both share one container. Because the journey finishes overland, the offer says how far the reefer is booked.
Format is settled before flavour
Each line is pinned to a format before it can be priced: bulk carton for the cash-and-carry floor, retail box for a supermarket or forecourt facing, doypack for dragées, jar for spreads, printed box for weddings and the festive season. That choice drives case weight, pack count and pallet stacking, and decides whose name is on the wrapper — the producer's, or yours. This page prints no case pack and no minimum; they differ line by line and are stated per line in the offer. On own-label lines nothing goes to print until you approve the artwork.
Shelf words, read as specification questions
Search will not fill this container. Two rounds returned 1,994 raw English phrases; 28 cleared a twenty-a-month threshold, worth about 1,650 a month, and the wholesale, import and distributor share of that is zero. Read as specification questions, though, the consumer words earn a place. The pistachio-filled style known as Dubai chocolate reads 210 a month, the short spelling another 210: a thick filled bar, so name the filling, the bar weight and the pack. Eclairs at 90 is two products, a wrapped toffee or a baked pastry.
What the offer states in writing
The offer states, for every line, the price in US dollars, the case weight and the lead time per line, and the delivery term — FCA Gaziantep, FOB Mersin, CIF or DAP. Mersin is about three hours from our factory by road. With no coastline at your end, the offer also names the port of discharge, the border post where entry is made, and which leg sits inside the price. The origin document is named in the form valid on the day; your clearing agent confirms what applies at entry. With the goods come the technical data sheet, the analysis report per line and our certificates, issued in their name.
Confirmed before the first order — and what to send now
Three things are settled first. The label: English carries the food name, ingredients with allergens, metric net weight, the importer's name and address and the date marking. The naming rule: a vegetable-fat coating is a compound or a glaze on the data sheet and on the pack, never chocolate; in the European Union it may not be labelled as chocolate at all. The range boundary: baklava, tahini, couverture, raw nuts and cocoa are sourced on request; we confirm composition and format before quoting. Send the lines, the format for each, anindicative quantity and the delivery point; the offer comes back in writing.
Can a first container mix chocolate with Turkish delight and jars?
Yes — one container, as many lines as you want, on one order and one document set. The mix decides the box: chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer through the warm months, while Turkish delight, dragées, jellies and wrapped confectionery travel dry, and both can share the same container. Because the journey finishes overland, the offer states which lines are reefer lines and how far the reefer is booked.
There is no port here. How does a first container actually reach us?
It is discharged at a port on the regional coast, then moves inland under transit to the border post, where your clearing agent makes the entry. The offer names the port, the route, the delivery term and the point of entry, and states which leg sits inside the price and which is yours to arrange, so the landed position is known before you order.
Can baklava or tahini go into the first container?
Not from our own range, and we would rather say so than list them as ours. Baklava, halva, tahini, couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit, cocoa and empty packaging are sourced on request: we confirm composition and format before quoting, and whatever is confirmedloads in the same container as the rest. What cannot be confirmed stays out of the offer.
