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A white shipping container with the Lotvela mark, hanging from a crane hook.
// Gaziantep · Türkiye
Sample shortlistThree producers, same columns, every claim dated.How it works →
3–5Producers per shortlist
100%Claims dated & sourced
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About Lotvela

We find Turkish producers with room on their line for your product — and write down what's confirmed and what isn't.

How we work →

Mission

What is
Lotvela

At Lotvela, we find producers in the quiet weeks between their big orders. If that brings better terms, you'll see them in a dated, written offer.

    Illustration: a food producer's site near Gaziantep; the Lotvela container stands at the loading dock while a forklift loads pallets, an empty truck waits in the yard.

    The producer

    It starts on the ground in Gaziantep.

    No fixed list: we approach the producers that fit your brief, in Gaziantep and across Türkiye — then visit, check the papers and write down what we saw, and when.

    Producer dossier · sample

    Producer
    Producer A · Gaziantep
    Products
    Pistachio, bulgur, dried fruit
    Certificates
    BRC · IFS · Halal
    Verified
    Capacity
    Line seen on site
    Dated 12.10
    Export record
    EU · GCC
    Confirmed
    Illustrative. Real dossiers name the producer and date every claim.
    Illustration: the producer's loading yard, a mobile crane over the waiting truck.

    Loaded

    Sealed at the producer. Straight onto the truck.

    Container, seal number and documents go into your file the moment it leaves the dock.

    The Lotvela container on its truck, driving.

    On its way

    Dated. Documented. Dispatched.

    • Commercial invoice
    • Packing list
    • Certificate of origin
    • Health certificate where required
    A container ship at sea seen from above, the Lotvela container among the stacks.

    The route · illustrative

    From Gaziantep to your port.

    1. GaziantepProducer · loaded & sealedDay 0
    2. MersinPort · export clearanceDay 1–3
    3. At seaTracked, documents in your fileDay 4–14
    4. Your portArrival · your warehouseArrival
    Routes and transit times differ per destination and are confirmed per shipment.
    Illustration: the importer's warehouse at a northern European port; the same Lotvela container is unloaded at the dock.

    The other side

    What you compared is what arrives.

    • Matches the brief you sent
    • Certificates on file before loading
    • Labels and packaging as agreed
    • Documents complete on arrival
    Products under the buyer's own label on a retail shelf: olive oil, bulgur in a shelf-ready tray, pistachios, lokum and fig jam, produced in Türkiye.

    On your shelf

    Your brand.
    Sourced in Türkiye.

    Send a sourcing brief

    How it works

    Four steps.
    Each one written down.

    1. 01.Send a briefProduct, specification, volume and target market.
    2. 02.We screen producersProduct fit, a free production window, export record and documents.
    3. 03.Compare a shortlistSame columns, dated, every claim marked.
    4. 04.Samples & quotesArranged with the producers you choose, subject to their confirmation.

    Your money never passes through us. The producer invoices you and ships to you, and you pay the producer directly. Our fee is a commission paid by the producer; you pay us nothing.