Turkish chocolate, dragées, Turkish delight and confectionery for importers in Libya
One mixed container from Gaziantep, Türkiye, to Misrata, Benghazi, Khoms or Tripoli: chocolate, dragées for weddings and Eid, Turkish delight, wrapped confectionery and pistachio products, with an Arabic label. Written offer in US dollars within two working days of your list.
One container, every line, from Gaziantep.
Libya is one of the largest markets in the world for Turkish chocolate and confectionery, and almost all of it arrives the way we ship: a container from a Turkish exporter to a Libyan importer. We quote for the importers and distributors that supply supermarkets, groceries and the wholesale trade from Tripoli to Benghazi and the south, for the wholesalers that break a container into cartons, for the traders that dress weddings and Eid tables, and for brands that want chocolate, dragées or Turkish delight made under their own name. If you are looking for Turkish chocolate for Libya by the container, chocolate wholesale Libya can price by the carton, chocolate importers in Libya or chocolate distributors in Libya that carry Turkish lines, the Dubai chocolate Libya has searched for, Turkish delight for the gift shelf, or dragées and sugared almonds by the carton, this is what we quote for. The unit of sale is one full container, mixed across as many lines as you like.
Everything on this site is made in Gaziantep, in our own factory. That is what lets one container carry five product groups, and lets us check a lot before it is packed and photograph the pallets before the doors close.
We supply direct from our own factory in Gaziantep, the city we work in.
- Food importers and distributors that supply supermarkets, groceries and regional wholesalers from Tripoli and Misrata to Benghazi, Sabha and the east
- Wholesalers that break a container into cartons for shops, kiosks and the sweets trade
- Wedding and Eid traders and brands buying dragées, sugared almonds and gift boxes by the carton, or wanting a line made under their own name
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.
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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.
- Label
- An Arabic label, with English alongside if you want it: the name of the food, the ingredient list with allergens, metric net weight, storage, the importer’s name and address, and the production and expiry dates printed on the pack in production rather than on a sticker. For lines in our standard packs we confirm what the export pack carries; for private label we prepare the label content and check your artwork against it before anything is printed.
- Halal
- 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. Lines without such ingredients are stated as such on the data sheet.
- Conformity and entry
- Imported food is checked against the Libyan standard, and a pre-shipment conformity certificate is required for the products that fall under the programme in force. The importer holds the import licence and the registration; we arrange the inspection with the appointed agency where it applies, and the offer states what each line needs and what applies on the day, because the requirements change. Our certificates, the technical data sheet and the analysis report per line travel with the container.
- Customs
- There is no free trade agreement in force between Libya and Türkiye; the offer states the tariff line for each product and the duty that applies on the day, so the landed cost is known before you order.
- What the Libyan shelf buys from Türkiye
- Turkish confectionery is already the everyday shelf in Libya, and the volume sits in the affordable lines: the wrapped bar, the wafer, the compound-coated line that tolerates a warm shop, wrapped sweets by the kilo bag and the jelly. Those come first on most offers and are stated as chocolate or compound per line. Then the shelf that pays more: the pistachio tablet, the Dubai style bar with pistachio and kadayif, boxed Turkish delight, dragées and gift boxes for weddings and Eid.
- Weddings and Eid
- A Libyan wedding runs for days and every day has its sweets, and the Eid table is dressed the same way. Sugared almonds by colour, chocolate dragées in milk, dark and white, coated nuts, wrapped sweets for the bags and boxed assortments for the table; one colour per carton or mixed, case weight per line in the offer. The dragée page lists the groups.
- Dubai chocolate, from Türkiye
- The pistachio and kadayif bar Libya searched for is made in Gaziantep too, where the pistachio grows and the kadayif is made, in retail and gift formats in our standard packs or under your brand; pistachio cream in jars travels with it.
- Turkish delight
- Boxed Turkish delight from Gaziantep, the pistachio roll and chocolate covered lokum for the gift shelf and the supermarket; the Turkish delight page lists the groups, and plain lines travel dry, which matters on a warm shelf. Most lines are available in our standard packs, so an importer can start without artwork.
- Route
- Sea freight from Mersin to Misrata, Benghazi, Khoms or Tripoli, with the port, the delivery term, FCA Gaziantep, FOB Mersin, CIF or DAP, and the transit stated in the offer. The route and the shelf are warm for most of the year, so chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer year round and compound lines are stated as such; Turkish delight, sugared almonds and jellies travel dry.
- Currency and payment
- Offers in US dollars. Bank transfer only: 50% with the order, 50% before the container leaves, against the loading photographs. We do not work with letters of credit. The offer states the banking route that applies on the day.
- Sourced on request
- Outside the core range we buy in what your list needs and load it in the same container: biscuits and wafers in bulk, baklava from Gaziantep, sugar free Turkish delight, bulk pistachio nuts, nuts and dried fruit in bulk, halva, instant coffee and spices.
Private label chocolate and confectionery for Libyan brands
Looking for a private label chocolate manufacturer for a Libyan brand, an own-brand wafer or wrapped bar for the everyday shelf, or a dragée line for the wedding trade? We put our own lines under your name: bars, wafers, sweets, dragées in doypacks, gift boxes, Turkish delight boxes and jars, with the Arabic label content prepared and nothing printed before you approve it.
Private label for Libyan brands →Asked before the first list.
Do you work with importers in Libya?
We quote for food importers, distributors, wholesalers, wedding and Eid traders and private-label brands in Libya. Send the product references, the quantities you have in mind and the port; the written offer follows within two working days.
Which port?
Misrata, Benghazi, Khoms or Tripoli. The offer names the port, the transshipment and the delivery term, FCA Gaziantep, FOB Mersin, CIF or DAP.
Is the chocolate real chocolate or compound?
Both exist, for different shelves. The offer states per line whether it is chocolate or compound-coated, so an importer can put the right line on the warm shop shelf and the right line, in a reefer, on the supermarket shelf.
What does the conformity check need?
Where a line falls under the programme in force, the appointed agency inspects before shipment; the offer states what it needs per line and what applies on the day, and we send our documents before the deposit. Nothing is loaded that cannot clear.
Can you make our own brand for the Libyan market?
Yes — private label is one of our core services. We prepare the Arabic label content, you approve the artwork in writing, and the minimum per line is stated in the offer.
What is the minimum order?
One full container, 20 ft or 40 ft, mixed across the lines you choose. The minimum per line is written into the offer.
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 →