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Who buys Belgium’s chocolate? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Belgium exported $5 billion of chocolate (729 thousand tonnes), 11.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (17%), Germany (16%) and France (16%). Belgium was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$5billion
Tonnes
729thousand tonnes
Share of world total
11.9%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports868Tonnes: 138,655USD per tonne: $6,25717.2%Land
Germany826Tonnes: 121,363USD per tonne: $6,81016.4%Land
France799Tonnes: 126,541USD per tonne: $6,31015.9%Land
United Kingdom462Tonnes: 54,184USD per tonne: $8,5269.2%Sea
United States258Tonnes: 27,435USD per tonne: $9,4005.1%Sea
Italy148Tonnes: 22,790USD per tonne: $6,5143%Sea
Poland123Tonnes: 16,629USD per tonne: $7,3822.4%Sea
Spain100Tonnes: 21,690USD per tonne: $4,6282%Sea
Czechia77.9Tonnes: 11,738USD per tonne: $6,6331.6%Sea
China74.2Tonnes: 9,291USD per tonne: $7,9821.5%Sea
Canada70.9Tonnes: 10,320USD per tonne: $6,8661.4%Sea
Saudi Arabia68.8Tonnes: 9,242USD per tonne: $7,4441.4%Sea
Turkey62.4Tonnes: 8,563USD per tonne: $7,2911.2%Sea
Russia60.4Tonnes: 7,876USD per tonne: $7,6651.2%Sea
Denmark57.1Tonnes: 8,825USD per tonne: $6,4701.1%Sea
Japan55.9Tonnes: 6,631USD per tonne: $8,4361.1%Sea
South Korea48.8Tonnes: 6,411USD per tonne: $7,6090.97%Sea
Sweden45.4Tonnes: 6,054USD per tonne: $7,4920.9%Sea
Australia43.4Tonnes: 4,377USD per tonne: $9,9130.86%Sea
Norway41.1Tonnes: 5,161USD per tonne: $7,9690.82%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2019

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Netherlands 868
  • Germany 826
  • France 799
  • United Kingdom 462
  • United States 258

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands148868
Germany153826
France291799
United Kingdom60.8462
United States23.4258

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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