Buyers in daikon radish wholesale look for one property above the rest, a long root that is straight from shoulder to tip. Hatipoğlu Tarım lists its long white winter radish under the name Vezir. The company, a fresh fruit and vegetable exporter founded in Antalya in 2002, supplies it between October and April. This guide tells importers, wholesalers and retail buyers how the roots are selected, which published data apply, how the product is packed and declared, and how to request a price.
Vezir radish: the long white type
Vezir radish is a winter vegetable with a long white root, a regular form and a crisp texture. In shape and use it is close to the daikon type, which is why buyers searching under that name arrive at this product. If you buy to a written specification, send it with your enquiry so that the two can be compared.
Why straightness is the main criterion
The company states that Vezir radish is preferred above all by kitchens that use it grated, and that a regular root is therefore the basic selection criterion. Grating calls for a straight, regular root. Roots that have forked or lost their shape are sorted out.
Selection covers three points:
- Size: length and thickness within the range agreed in the order.
- Root regularity: straight, unforked, evenly formed.
- Internal quality: crisp, sound flesh.
On the third point, UC Davis notes in its published radish data that over-mature roots turn pithy and harsh in taste and that slow growth produces a woody texture and high pungency.
Supply window for daikon-type radish from Turkey
The season runs from October to April. A buyer who wants daikon-type radish from Turkey for the whole of that period should send the weekly requirement before the first month, so that it can be planned. The company’s white radish and the dark-skinned black radish are supplied in the same months and travel under the same conditions.
Storage: the data published for daikon-type radish
UC Davis covers red radish and the daikon type on one data sheet. The conditions it publishes are 0 °C and a relative humidity of 95–100%; it calls rapid cooling essential for storage potential. Under those conditions, the data published for daikon-type radish give a storage life of 3–4 months. The sheet also classes radish as not sensitive to ethylene. All of this is research data. It is cited so that you can plan your own stock, and it is not a statement about how the company stores the product.
Because the temperature and humidity match, this radish can be loaded with cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot and sweet corn. For the reasoning, read the cold chain in fresh produce export.
Crates, pallets and customs code
Vezir radish is packed in 30 × 40 × 14 cm ventilated plastic crates. Pallets are euro pallets, 80 × 120 cm. Crate formats in general are covered in packaging and case sizes in export.
The six-digit HS code for radishes is 0706.90. As always, the complete tariff line is a matter for your customs broker to confirm before the goods are shipped.
What a long white radish supplier should be able to show
As a long white radish supplier, Hatipoğlu Tarım can show two things: ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 10002, GLOBALG.A.P. IFA and GRASP on the certificate side, and a residue analysis for every lot that goes to Europe. What those certificates cover is explained in which certificates European buyers require.
Six steps, one chain
Harvest comes first, then cooling, then grading, where forked and misshapen roots leave the line. Packing, cold storage and dispatch complete the six steps. The company plans by the truckload, and a 13.60 m refrigerated truck of the standard type has room for 33 euro pallets.
Price enquiry
Companies that import daikon radish can obtain a quotation by giving six details: the product name, the root size, the packaging, the weekly quantity, the delivery week and the destination country. Our numbers are +90 242 339 55 25 for calls and +90 534 260 07 25 for WhatsApp; the e-mail address is info@hatipoglutarim.com.
Hatipoğlu Tarım has exported fresh fruit and vegetables from Antalya since 2002. Under the FİNİKE brand it ships 128 product lines to 42 countries, with harvest, grading, cold storage and dispatch handled in house across five facilities in Serik, Kepez, Mavikent, Yenişehir and Alaşehir.
Share the root size and the weekly quantity of Vezir radish you need, and let us prepare the season plan and the price quotation.
