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Who buys the Netherlands’ chocolate? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $2.3 billion of chocolate (391 thousand tonnes), 5.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (19%), Belgium (13%) and the United Kingdom (10%). The Netherlands was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$2.3billion
Tonnes
391thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.3%
World rank
6th
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
Germany434Tonnes: 88,048USD per tonne: $4,92919.2%Land
Belgium re-exports284Tonnes: 47,202USD per tonne: $6,00912.6%Land
United Kingdom232Tonnes: 40,199USD per tonne: $5,77510.3%Sea
France190Tonnes: 35,034USD per tonne: $5,4378.4%Sea
United Arab Emirates92Tonnes: 12,676USD per tonne: $7,2604.1%Sea
Spain66.8Tonnes: 11,527USD per tonne: $5,7923%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports64.1Tonnes: 3,953USD per tonne: $16,2232.8%Sea
Poland61Tonnes: 10,258USD per tonne: $5,9462.7%Sea
Denmark59.1Tonnes: 7,567USD per tonne: $7,8062.6%Sea
Sweden54.2Tonnes: 7,328USD per tonne: $7,3972.4%Sea
Italy51.9Tonnes: 10,263USD per tonne: $5,0552.3%Sea
Saudi Arabia41.6Tonnes: 11,135USD per tonne: $3,7401.9%Sea
Austria38.5Tonnes: 7,295USD per tonne: $5,2781.7%Sea
United States32.8Tonnes: 3,797USD per tonne: $8,6451.5%Sea
Norway30.9Tonnes: 2,707USD per tonne: $11,4111.4%Sea
Romania24.2Tonnes: 4,011USD per tonne: $6,0221.1%Sea
Switzerland24Tonnes: 4,243USD per tonne: $5,6521.1%Sea
Israel20.6Tonnes: 2,796USD per tonne: $7,3810.91%Sea
Hungary20.6Tonnes: 5,222USD per tonne: $3,9400.91%Sea
Singapore re-exports20.3Tonnes: 2,411USD per tonne: $8,4380.9%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Germany 434
  • Belgium 284
  • United Kingdom 232
  • France 190
  • United Arab Emirates 92

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany170434
Belgium60.5284
United Kingdom62.8232
France118190
United Arab Emirates3.492

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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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