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Where does France get its chocolate? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $3.3 billion of chocolate (506 thousand tonnes), 7.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (24%), Germany (24%) and Italy (15%). France was the world’s 4th-largest importer of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$3.3billion
Tonnes
506thousand tonnes
Share of world total
7.8%
World rank
4th
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
Belgium re-exports799Tonnes: 126,541USD per tonne: $6,31024.1%Land
Germany790Tonnes: 118,827USD per tonne: $6,64923.8%Land
Italy483Tonnes: 67,424USD per tonne: $7,17014.6%Land
Poland230Tonnes: 31,062USD per tonne: $7,4036.9%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire212Tonnes: 30,571USD per tonne: $6,9496.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports190Tonnes: 35,034USD per tonne: $5,4375.8%Sea
Spain188Tonnes: 42,009USD per tonne: $4,4815.7%Land
United Kingdom173Tonnes: 24,109USD per tonne: $7,1605.2%Sea
Switzerland121Tonnes: 10,741USD per tonne: $11,2243.6%Land
Austria18.6Tonnes: 2,495USD per tonne: $7,4400.56%Sea
Slovakia14.6Tonnes: 1,645USD per tonne: $8,8730.44%Sea
Sweden14.1Tonnes: 3,625USD per tonne: $3,8810.42%Sea
Czechia11.7Tonnes: 1,584USD per tonne: $7,3860.35%Sea
Hungary8.1Tonnes: 1,343USD per tonne: $6,0250.24%Sea
Croatia7.2Tonnes: 352USD per tonne: $20,5490.22%Sea
Lithuania6.7Tonnes: 1,140USD per tonne: $5,8370.2%Sea
United States5.7Tonnes: 382USD per tonne: $15,0580.17%Sea
Bulgaria4.3Tonnes: 694USD per tonne: $6,1460.13%Sea
Denmark3.7Tonnes: 579USD per tonne: $6,4120.11%Sea
Luxembourg3.7Tonnes: 510USD per tonne: $7,2040.11%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Belgium 799
  • Germany 790
  • Italy 483
  • Poland 230
  • Côte d'Ivoire 212

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium291799
Germany381790
Italy64.5483
Poland0.01230
Côte d'Ivoire0.88212

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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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