Turkish confectionery, lokum, Dubai-style bars and dragées for Turkmen importers
One mixed container from Gaziantep, Türkiye, into Turkmenistan: 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 Turkmen.
One container, every line, from Gaziantep.
Turkmenistan does not publish its import statistics, so the figures here are read from the other side: what the world reports exporting to Turkmenistan. On that basis, in 2024 Türkiye was the first source of sugar confectionery at about 37.5 per cent of a roughly 2.8 million dollar table, and the second source of chocolate at about 24.0 per cent of roughly 10.3 million.
Those are the strongest Turkish shares of any market on this site. They are also mirror figures, which means they carry known caveats — re-export through a neighbour can inflate an origin, and a missing reporter can understate one. The page says so rather than presenting the number as settled.
What is not in doubt is that the category and the origin are both established. The question is which lines, in which format, and under whose label.
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
- Turkmenistan 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 Turkmen
- The mandatory particulars are in Turkmen — 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.
- The figures are mirror data, and we say so
- Turkmenistan does not report to the international trade database, so the shares here come from what other countries report exporting to it. Mirror data can overstate an origin when goods are re-exported through a neighbour and understate it when a reporter is missing — the largest chocolate share in the 2024 mirror belongs to a neighbouring country that does not produce at that scale, which is the classic signature of transit.
- Türkiye is already at the top of the table
- On the 2024 mirror figures Türkiye is the first source of sugar confectionery at about 37.5 per cent and the second of chocolate at about 24.0 per cent. The origin needs no introduction; the useful conversation is the line list.
- Routing is part of the offer
- The offer states the route, the transit time and the documents that travel with the load for the order in hand, rather than leaving them to be discovered after the deposit.
- 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 Turkmen brands
The same lines under your own name, with the label content prepared in Turkmen and the minimum counted per line.
Private label for Turkmen 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 Turkmen label?
We prepare the content in Turkmen 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 →