Product export scorecard · GTİP 1704.90.99.20.00Pastes, marzipan, nougat and other prepared sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa…Title of CN code 1704.90.99 · Official Turkish text: Sade lokum; kakao içermeyen
Türkiye exported €735m of this product's subheading (HS 1704.90) in 2025, rank 40 among its exports. Its biggest market for the heading is United States: US$192m in the 12 months to August 2026 (-11.5% on the year before). In Saudi Arabia, Türkiye's share is 11.7%: US$27.1m in the 12 months to April 2026. 2 tenders and purchase requests for goods of heading 1704 are open today. 14 buying signals in the Gulf name this product.
From official statistics and the tenders on Birlesa, each with its source and date; refreshed as new tenders arrive.
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Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
From the Saudi readiness check itself: published requirements only, each with its source.
Saudi ArabiaFood: SFDAThrough the SFDA
Food: SFDA clearance, GHAD registration and FasahMandatory
Commercial data in Arabic on each unit (Commercial Data Law)Mandatory
Food: Arabic label under SFDA rulesMandatory
Food: proof for halal, quality, organic and gluten-free claimsMandatory
Halal certificate for food with animal-derived ingredients or a halal logoMandatory
12-digit Saudi customs tariff codeMandatory
and 1 more step
The product needs an Arabic label.
No source gives a fee or a time for 2 items: we do not guess them.
7 requirements, 7 mandatorySources last checked on 2 November 2026
This is a suggestion; have your customs broker confirm it before any official step.
Buyers today
Open tenders and purchase requests for goods whose items carry this code or its heading, 1704.
2open tenders and purchase requests
Kuwait2
Next deadline: 1 Dec 2026, 23:59
In Türkiye0
No open tender or purchase request in Türkiye for this code.
The Gulf and abroad2
Open tender · KuwaitNames heading 17041 Dec 2026, 23:59
Open tender · KuwaitNames heading 170419 Jan 2027, 23:59
The code
National tariff line (12 digits)
GTİP 1704.90.99.20.00
Sade lokum; kakao içermeyen
Its place in the tariff
Chapter 17Sugars and sugar confectionery
Heading Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
Subheading Sugar confectionery; (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
CN code Pastes, marzipan, nougat and other prepared sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa (excl. chewing gum, white chocolate, throat pastilles and cough drops, gum and jelly confectionery incl. fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery, boiled sweets, toffees, caramels and similar sweets, compressed tablets, and pastes incl. marzipan in immediate packings of >= 1 kg)
Türkiye exported €735m of HS 1704.90 in 2025: rank 40 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
2As United Kingdom reports, by the country goods were sent from
From Türkiye, 12 months
£77.5m-2.9%
Market's imports
£928m
In EU member markets, industrial goods enter duty-free with an A.TR movement certificate under Decision 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council (the Customs Union); coal and steel products under the 1996 ECSC agreement, with a EUR.1. Agricultural products' rate is TARIC's. Trade-defence measures such as anti-dumping duties apply on top.
Ranked by Türkiye's own exports over 12 months, as Türkiye reports them, in one currency for every market; then by their growth. Each row shows the market's own figures where it publishes them. 135 markets have figures for this heading.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.Source: HM Revenue & Customs, overseas trade statistics; imports by the country goods were consigned from. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
50% of eligible expenses, up to 75% under the conditions below
On the stand's area in square metres, at most 5 fairs a year (10 for the participants and makers the circular qualifies). 70% in the Ministry's target countries, 75% in its target countries and sectors.
14 Gulf importers or distributors (estimate)Source: The Saudi Food Show exhibitors, Hotel & Hospitality Expo Saudi Arabia and INDEX & LIGHTSPACE Saudi Arabia exhibitors (dmg events)
Estimate: the platform's reading of what a hotel or a contractor buys; the source does not name this product.
Kuwait
