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Who buys France’s chocolate? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $1.9 billion of chocolate (313 thousand tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United Kingdom (17%), Belgium (14%) and Spain (10%). France was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
313thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
8th
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
United Kingdom326Tonnes: 54,776USD per tonne: $5,95117.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports272Tonnes: 49,007USD per tonne: $5,54414.4%Land
Spain198Tonnes: 41,911USD per tonne: $4,72110.5%Land
Germany136Tonnes: 26,363USD per tonne: $5,1717.2%Land
Netherlands re-exports113Tonnes: 24,014USD per tonne: $4,6966%Sea
Poland105Tonnes: 21,103USD per tonne: $4,9795.6%Sea
Italy101Tonnes: 15,180USD per tonne: $6,6445.4%Land
United States75.3Tonnes: 6,958USD per tonne: $10,8274%Sea
Canada43.1Tonnes: 4,762USD per tonne: $9,0512.3%Sea
Japan37Tonnes: 2,897USD per tonne: $12,7652%Sea
Switzerland32.8Tonnes: 4,702USD per tonne: $6,9711.7%Land
Sweden31.7Tonnes: 6,629USD per tonne: $4,7761.7%Sea
Austria28.9Tonnes: 4,670USD per tonne: $6,1841.5%Sea
Portugal28.3Tonnes: 6,238USD per tonne: $4,5441.5%Sea
Czechia27.9Tonnes: 4,483USD per tonne: $6,2241.5%Sea
United Arab Emirates24.3Tonnes: 2,327USD per tonne: $10,4611.3%Sea
Ireland19.4Tonnes: 2,959USD per tonne: $6,5621%Sea
China19.3Tonnes: 1,765USD per tonne: $10,9431%Sea
Australia19.2Tonnes: 2,227USD per tonne: $8,6281%Sea
Slovakia14.9Tonnes: 2,445USD per tonne: $6,0880.79%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United Kingdom has been its main destination since 2012

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

  • United Kingdom 326
  • Belgium 272
  • Spain 198
  • Germany 136
  • Netherlands 113

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Kingdom91.4326
Belgium67.5272
Spain41.3198
Germany261136
Netherlands26.7113

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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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