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Where does Germany get its chocolate? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $3.7 billion of chocolate (534 thousand tonnes), 8.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (23%), Poland (17%) and the Netherlands (12%). Germany was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$3.7billion
Tonnes
534thousand tonnes
Share of world total
8.6%
World rank
2nd
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-exports826Tonnes: 121,363USD per tonne: $6,81022.6%Land
Poland627Tonnes: 81,517USD per tonne: $7,68817.1%Land
Netherlands re-exports434Tonnes: 88,048USD per tonne: $4,92911.9%Land
Italy365Tonnes: 52,061USD per tonne: $7,01710%Sea
Switzerland343Tonnes: 34,405USD per tonne: $9,9809.4%Land
Austria279Tonnes: 41,584USD per tonne: $6,7027.6%Land
France136Tonnes: 26,363USD per tonne: $5,1713.7%Land
Croatia82.4Tonnes: 7,820USD per tonne: $10,5402.3%Sea
Spain71.7Tonnes: 13,635USD per tonne: $5,2602%Sea
United Kingdom57.9Tonnes: 6,121USD per tonne: $9,4611.6%Sea
Bulgaria54.8Tonnes: 7,152USD per tonne: $7,6691.5%Sea
Denmark46.8Tonnes: 4,963USD per tonne: $9,4291.3%Land
Nigeria34.8Tonnes: 8,811USD per tonne: $3,9460.95%Sea
Czechia32.5Tonnes: 4,306USD per tonne: $7,5420.89%Land
Sweden32.3Tonnes: 6,149USD per tonne: $5,2590.88%Sea
Turkey31.4Tonnes: 4,021USD per tonne: $7,8180.86%Sea
Slovakia29.9Tonnes: 3,650USD per tonne: $8,1840.82%Sea
Hungary29.7Tonnes: 5,181USD per tonne: $5,7360.81%Sea
United States28.5Tonnes: 1,691USD per tonne: $16,8570.78%Sea
Lithuania14Tonnes: 2,102USD per tonne: $6,6380.38%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2019

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

  • Belgium 826
  • Poland 627
  • Netherlands 434
  • Italy 365
  • Switzerland 343

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium153826
Poland0.82627
Netherlands170434
Italy49.6365
Switzerland59.8343

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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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