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Where does Malaysia get its cocoa beans? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Malaysia imported $3.2 billion of cocoa beans (467 thousand tonnes), 17.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Nigeria (21%), Côte d'Ivoire (16%) and Ecuador (16%). Malaysia was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of cocoa beans.

Summary

Value
$3.2billion
Tonnes
467thousand tonnes
Share of world total
17.8%
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
Nigeria654Tonnes: 89,331USD per tonne: $7,31720.7%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire515Tonnes: 96,449USD per tonne: $5,33616.3%Sea
Ecuador504Tonnes: 71,565USD per tonne: $7,04916%Sea
Guinea260Tonnes: 30,922USD per tonne: $8,4238.2%Sea
Peru173Tonnes: 23,369USD per tonne: $7,4205.5%Sea
Cameroon168Tonnes: 26,646USD per tonne: $6,3185.3%Sea
Papua New Guinea164Tonnes: 21,328USD per tonne: $7,7055.2%Sea
Uganda158Tonnes: 21,151USD per tonne: $7,4675%Sea
Liberia104Tonnes: 11,047USD per tonne: $9,3703.3%Sea
Democratic Republic of the Congo97Tonnes: 14,877USD per tonne: $6,5203.1%Sea
Indonesia81.4Tonnes: 13,061USD per tonne: $6,2322.6%Land
Ghana80.7Tonnes: 16,130USD per tonne: $5,0012.6%Sea
Tanzania43.1Tonnes: 6,583USD per tonne: $6,5491.4%Sea
Togo28.9Tonnes: 4,601USD per tonne: $6,2830.91%Sea
Dominican Republic27.9Tonnes: 2,973USD per tonne: $9,3780.88%Sea
Philippines19.7Tonnes: 3,174USD per tonne: $6,1980.62%Sea
Republic of the Congo16.3Tonnes: 2,200USD per tonne: $7,3910.51%Sea
Solomon Islands12.2Tonnes: 1,885USD per tonne: $6,4520.38%Sea
Madagascar10.9Tonnes: 3,224USD per tonne: $3,3840.35%Sea
Colombia10.5Tonnes: 1,238USD per tonne: $8,5080.33%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Nigeria has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Nigeria 654
  • Côte d'Ivoire 515
  • Ecuador 504
  • Guinea 260
  • Peru 173

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Nigeria0654
Côte d'Ivoire4.1515
Ecuador0504
Guinea0260
Peru0173

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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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