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Where does the Netherlands get its chocolate? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $2.1 billion of chocolate (341 thousand tonnes), 5% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (41%), Germany (20%) and the United Kingdom (8%). The Netherlands was the world’s 5th-largest importer of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
341thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5%
World rank
5th
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-exports868Tonnes: 138,655USD per tonne: $6,25741.3%Land
Germany423Tonnes: 71,424USD per tonne: $5,91620.1%Land
United Kingdom176Tonnes: 22,572USD per tonne: $7,8178.4%Sea
Poland161Tonnes: 30,044USD per tonne: $5,3727.7%Sea
France113Tonnes: 24,014USD per tonne: $4,6965.4%Sea
Italy70.7Tonnes: 9,400USD per tonne: $7,5253.4%Sea
United States37.2Tonnes: 3,833USD per tonne: $9,6991.8%Sea
Austria25.4Tonnes: 4,342USD per tonne: $5,8581.2%Sea
Sweden25.3Tonnes: 7,443USD per tonne: $3,4051.2%Sea
Spain25Tonnes: 5,533USD per tonne: $4,5211.2%Sea
Croatia23.8Tonnes: 2,180USD per tonne: $10,9131.1%Sea
Ireland16.2Tonnes: 1,781USD per tonne: $9,0670.77%Sea
Denmark15.2Tonnes: 1,606USD per tonne: $9,4850.73%Sea
Bulgaria13.1Tonnes: 2,070USD per tonne: $6,3130.62%Sea
Lithuania12.1Tonnes: 1,289USD per tonne: $9,3760.58%Sea
Slovakia12Tonnes: 1,730USD per tonne: $6,9210.57%Sea
Nigeria11.2Tonnes: 2,089USD per tonne: $5,3380.53%Sea
Czechia9.4Tonnes: 1,125USD per tonne: $8,3440.45%Sea
Switzerland9.1Tonnes: 1,765USD per tonne: $5,1310.43%Sea
Turkey8.1Tonnes: 1,357USD per tonne: $5,9930.39%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Belgium 868
  • Germany 423
  • United Kingdom 176
  • Poland 161
  • France 113

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium148868
Germany101423
United Kingdom23.9176
Poland2.5161
France26.7113

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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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