Turkish chocolate, dragees, Turkish delight and confectionery for importers in Djibouti
One mixed container from Gaziantep, Turkiye, to the port of Djibouti: chocolate, dragees, Turkish delight, wrapped confectionery and pistachio lines, with the label content prepared in Arabic and French. Written offer in US dollars within two working days of your list.
One container, every line, from Gaziantep.
Djibouti imported 4,956,254 US dollars of chocolate in 2023. Two Gulf neighbours fill most of that shelf: Oman at 32.3% and Saudi Arabia at 26.5%, between them close to three fifths of the value. Turkiye was eighth, at 2.8%. In sugar confectionery the picture is different: imports were 2,678,469 US dollars in the same year, and Turkiye sat sixth at 3.6%. Those two lines are the whole argument of this page. The confectionery door is already half open; the chocolate door is where the room is.
We are a manufacturer and exporter in Gaziantep, Turkiye, and what we quote is a direct container. A buyer in Djibouti who sources through the Gulf online shelf or through a European wholesale list is buying goods that have already been bought once and warehoused once before they reach him. Loading in Gaziantep and shipping out of Mersin removes that step: the price is our factory price plus the freight, the lot is checked before it is packed, and the pallets are photographed before the doors close.
This is a trade-driven market rather than a search-driven one. Buyers here do not find a chocolate supplier by typing the phrase into a search box, in any of the three languages of the trade, so this page is written for someone who already knows what he imports and wants the working numbers: what can be mixed in one container, how the chocolate is kept cold to the port, which language the label carries, and what travels in the document file. Send the list, get the offer in writing.
We supply direct from our own factory in Gaziantep, the city we work in.
- Food importers and distributors supplying supermarkets, groceries and the neighbourhood trade in Djibouti City from a single mixed container
- Confectionery and biscuit wholesalers that sell chocolate, dragees, jellies and wrapped sweets by the carton and want a second origin next to the Gulf lines they already carry
- Traders working the port who clear and consolidate for onward movement in the region and need the document set to be complete and the consignee named from the start
- Hotels, caterers and gift traders buying dragees, Turkish delight and boxed assortments for weddings, Ramadan and Eid
- Brands and retail groups that want chocolate, dragees or Turkish delight made under their own name in Gaziantep
Six lines, mixed to your list.
Each line travels on its own pallet; the container is mixed. Outside the core range we source on request and load it in the same shipment.
From your list to your port.
- 01
Your list
Product references, quantities and the destination port.
- 02
Written offer
Every line priced, with the pallet plan, within two working days.
- 03
Samples and proforma
Free samples, courier at your cost; 50% with the order.
- 04
One container
Collected, consolidated, photographed pallet by pallet, shipped.
What stays the same on every offer.
Rates and rules change; the quotation states what applies on the day. These points do not change.
- What the shelf carries today
- Djibouti imported 4,956,254 US dollars of chocolate in 2023. Oman held 32.3% of that and Saudi Arabia 26.5% — close to three fifths between them. Turkiye was eighth, at 2.8%. Much of the Gulf share is goods that were already imported and warehoused once before they reached the port here, which is what a direct container out of Mersin is there to change.
- Confectionery is the nearer door
- Sugar confectionery is a separate line and a different picture: 2,678,469 US dollars of imports in 2023, with Turkiye sixth at 3.6%. Jellies, wrapped candies, dragees and Turkish delight already travel this route more readily than chocolate does, so a first container that leans on confectionery and carries chocolate alongside it usually prices better than the other way round.
- One container, several groups
- The unit of sale is one full container, and it can mix as many lines as you like across chocolate, dragees, Turkish delight, wrapped confectionery, biscuits and pistachio lines, including pistachio spread in jars. Case weight and pieces per case are stated per line in the offer. Items outside that range — couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit, cocoa, empty packaging, baklava, halva, tahini — are sourced on request; we confirm composition and format before quoting.
- Where the buyer looks today
- Searching for these lines in Djibouti returns the Gulf retail shelf in Arabic, wholesale lists in France and Spain in French, and trade statistics rather than suppliers in English. None of those is a factory. We are the manufacturer in Gaziantep, and the offer states every line.
- Route
- Sea freight from Mersin to the port of Djibouti, with the transshipment port and the transit stated in the offer. Gaziantep to Mersin is about three hours by road, so the goods are loaded and at the quay inside a working day. Delivery terms quoted: FCA Gaziantep, FOB Mersin, CIF or DAP. Nothing about sailing frequency or transit days is printed here, because it belongs to the offer on the day.
- Heat and the reefer
- This is the point that decides whether a chocolate line works here at all. Chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer, and the offer states the set temperature. Turkish delight, sugared almonds, jellies and hard candy travel dry. Both can go in one container when the reefer carries the whole load. Where a line is coated with a vegetable-fat compound rather than chocolate, the offer says so per line — the two are not the same product and are not labelled the same way.
- Label
- The mandatory information in Arabic and French, as the importer’s file requires, with English alongside where the trade wants it: the name of the food, the ingredient list with allergens, metric net weight, storage conditions, the importer’s name and address, and the date marking. For lines in our standard packs we confirm what the export pack already carries; for private label we prepare the content from our technical data sheet and check your artwork before anything is printed.
- Documents and origin
- The origin document and the rules that apply are named in the offer, together with the tariff line per product, so the landed cost is known before you order. Nothing about duty or rates is printed on this site, because the offer states what applies on the day. The commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, the analysis report per line travel with the consignment, and copies of our certificates are available on request.
- The importer’s file
- The importer holds the registration with the authority and files the consignment on arrival; the declaration is made in his name, including where goods move on beyond the local shelf afterwards. From our side you receive the technical data sheet per product, our certificates, the analysis report per line, the loading photographs.
- Halal, currency and payment
- Lines with ingredients of animal origin, gelatine in jellies above all, travel with our halal certificate, and the offer names the certifying body per line so it can be checked against what your file accepts. Lines without such ingredients are stated as such on the data sheet. Offers are in US dollars; bank transfer only, 50% with the order and 50% before the container leaves, against the loading photographs.
Private label chocolate and confectionery for Djibouti brands
Looking for a private label chocolate manufacturer for a brand or retail group in Djibouti? We put our own lines under your name: tablets, bars, dragees in doypacks, gift boxes, Turkish delight boxes and jars, with the label content prepared in Arabic and French and nothing printed before you approve it.
Private label for Djibouti brands →Asked before the first list.
Do you work with importers in Djibouti?
We are open to importers, wholesalers, port traders and private-label brands in Djibouti, and we quote in writing. Send the product references, the quantities you have in mind and the delivery term, and the offer follows within two working days.
Where does Djibouti buy its chocolate now?
In 2023 Djibouti imported 4,956,254 US dollars of chocolate, with Oman at 32.3% and Saudi Arabia at 26.5%. Turkiye was eighth at 2.8%. In sugar confectionery, imports were 2,678,469 US dollars and Turkiye stood sixth at 3.6%.
Is there preferential treatment on goods of Turkish origin?
The origin document and the rules that apply are named in the offer, along with the tariff line per product. We do not print duty figures on this site, because the offer states what applies on the day.
Will chocolate survive the voyage to the port?
Chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer and the offer states the set temperature. Turkish delight, sugared almonds, jellies and hard candy travel dry, and both can share one container when the reefer carries the whole load.
Which language does the label need?
Arabic and French, as the importer’s file requires, with English alongside where the trade wants it. For private label we prepare the content in those languages from our technical data sheet before any artwork is printed.
Can the same container carry goods meant to move on from the port?
The container is loaded and documented to the consignee named on the order. What happens after clearance is declared by the importer in his own name; from our side the document set, the analysis report per line and our certificates are complete on arrival.
Is Antep Foods a chocolate manufacturer in Türkiye?
Yes. Antep Foods is a manufacturer and exporter in Gaziantep, exporting since 2002. Production takes place in our own factory; certificates and data sheets are issued for our factory. Wholesale only; prices come in a written offer, not on the site.
Send the list. We do the rest.
Send your product list with approximate quantities and the destination port. You get one offer covering every line, then one container, loaded and photographed before the doors close.
Mixed containerHow a list becomes a container →