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Where does Belgium get its chocolate? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $1.4 billion of chocolate (246 thousand tonnes), 3.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (21%), the Netherlands (20%) and France (19%). Belgium was the world’s 8th-largest importer of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
246thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.4%
World rank
8th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany310Tonnes: 55,634USD per tonne: $5,56721.5%Land
Netherlands re-exports284Tonnes: 47,202USD per tonne: $6,00919.6%Land
France272Tonnes: 49,007USD per tonne: $5,54418.8%Land
Poland188Tonnes: 26,346USD per tonne: $7,13213%Sea
Italy126Tonnes: 25,628USD per tonne: $4,9048.7%Sea
Spain46.8Tonnes: 8,017USD per tonne: $5,8423.2%Sea
United Kingdom42.6Tonnes: 7,217USD per tonne: $5,9003%Sea
Serbia32.1Tonnes: 2,632USD per tonne: $12,1862.2%Sea
Slovakia20.7Tonnes: 2,792USD per tonne: $7,3991.4%Sea
Czechia15.5Tonnes: 1,726USD per tonne: $9,0001.1%Sea
Switzerland15.5Tonnes: 2,655USD per tonne: $5,8311.1%Sea
Austria15.2Tonnes: 2,816USD per tonne: $5,4101.1%Sea
Romania11.2Tonnes: 2,218USD per tonne: $5,0450.78%Sea
United States8.7Tonnes: 1,550USD per tonne: $5,5910.6%Sea
Turkey8.1Tonnes: 1,017USD per tonne: $8,0110.56%Sea
Sweden7.2Tonnes: 1,277USD per tonne: $5,6250.5%Sea
Norway5.8Tonnes: 1,214USD per tonne: $4,7460.4%Sea
Bulgaria5.7Tonnes: 786USD per tonne: $7,2800.4%Sea
Croatia5.5Tonnes: 701USD per tonne: $7,9190.38%Sea
Vietnam5.4Tonnes: 323USD per tonne: $16,6660.37%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2018

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

  • Germany 310
  • Netherlands 284
  • France 272
  • Poland 188
  • Italy 126

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany57.5310
Netherlands60.5284
France67.5272
Poland0.14188
Italy17.8126

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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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