Turkish confectionery, lokum, Dubai-style bars and dragées for Tajik importers
One mixed container from Gaziantep, Türkiye, into Tajikistan: lokum at the pistachio end, Dubai-style bars, chocolate dragées and sugared almonds by colour, and bulk cartons for the wholesale trade — with the label content prepared in Tajik and Russian.
One container, every line, from Gaziantep.
On Tajikistan's own 2023 import figures — the most recent year published — the country imports about 45 million dollars of chocolate and roughly 18 million of sugar confectionery. Türkiye is the fourth source of chocolate at about 5.3 per cent and the fifth in confectionery at about 1.6 per cent.
Russia dominates both tables: about 68 per cent of the chocolate and 65 per cent of the confectionery. The shelf is supplied along a single long chain, and a direct container is a way to shorten it for the lines you actually want.
This is a small table, so the practical route is a mixed load: the minimum is counted per line rather than per container.
We supply direct from our own factory in Gaziantep, the city we work in.
- Importers and distributors adding a Turkish line to an existing confectionery list.
- Wholesalers supplying independent grocers and the weighed counter, who buy in bulk cartons.
- Turkish and oriental food shops that already sell the category and want a direct container.
- Retail chains and marketplaces taking the Dubai-style bar and gift boxes as a listing.
- Own-brand buyers who want the same lines under their own label.
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.
- Entry and the framework
- Tajikistan is not in the Eurasian Economic Union, and the framework is the country's own food and customs rules; the importer files the declaration and is responsible for compliance. The offer names the customs tariff heading per line and states what applies on the day it is issued.
- The label is Tajik and Russian
- The mandatory particulars are in Tajik and Russian — food name, ingredients with allergens emphasised, net weight, storage, lot and the details of the company placing the goods on the market. We supply our technical data sheet per line as the ground for it; the importer signs it off.
- Where Türkiye sits
- Fourth source of chocolate at about 5.3 per cent and fifth in sugar confectionery at about 1.6 per cent, on Tajikistan's 2023 import figures, at about 3.73 and 2.59 dollars a kilo. The 2024 and 2025 figures were not yet published when this page was written, and the year is stated so the number can be checked.
- One long chain
- Russia is the source of roughly two thirds of both tables. A line reaching a Tajik shelf has usually travelled a long way through a single distribution route; a direct container is a way to shorten it for the lines you choose.
- A small table rewards a mixed load
- At this scale a single-line container is hard to justify. The unit of production is the line, not the container, which is what lets a first list of three or four lines travel as one mixed load.
- Who the label names
- The company that first places the goods on the market is named on the pack. That is the importer, not the exporter; the certificates are issued for our factory.
- Coating and what the product is called
- A vegetable-fat glaze is not the same product as chocolate, and the name on the pack is checked before printing. The offer says line by line which one the item carries, and the technical data sheet states it in writing.
- Temperature and the season
- Chocolate lines travel at +18/+20 °C and need a reefer in the hot months; in a dry container that risk passes to the buyer in writing before loading. Lokum, dragées and jellied lines go dry all year, so a first order can be built around the season.
- Halal and kosher
- Held for our factory in Gaziantep; copies are available on request.
- Outside the range
- Couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit, cocoa, empty packaging, baklava, halva and tahini are sourced on request; we confirm composition and format before quoting.
Private label chocolate and confectionery for Tajik brands
The same lines under your own name, with the label content prepared in Tajik and Russian and the minimum counted per line.
Private label for Tajik brands →Asked before the first list.
Are you the manufacturer?
Yes. Chocolate, dragées, pistachio and hazelnut creams, popping candy and Turkish delight are made in our own factory in Gaziantep, and we have exported since 2002. We run your private-label lines, check the lot before packing and load the container at our factory.
What is the minimum?
Set per line and stated in the offer. The unit of production is the line, not the container, so a first order can carry several lines at modest volumes in one mixed load.
Do you prepare the Tajik and Russian label?
We prepare the content in Tajik and Russian from our technical data sheet — food name, ingredients with allergens emphasised, net weight, storage and the manufacturer's details. Your labelling office or the importer signs it off, and nothing goes to print without written approval.
What paperwork travels with the load?
The commercial invoice, the packing list by pallet, the batch analysis report and our technical data sheet per line; health, halal and kosher certificates. The offer names the customs tariff heading per line and the documents that travel with the load.
How does the load reach us?
By road or rail through the corridors your forwarder already uses; the offer states the route and the transit time for the order in hand, and the temperature group decides whether a line travels in a reefer.
Can we start with samples?
Yes, and most first orders do. Send the lines you want to see and the destination; samples travel by courier and the proforma follows once the list is settled.
How long does it take?
The lead time is stated in the offer, and counted from the deposit and from your written approval of the artwork — not from the first enquiry.
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 →