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Where does the Netherlands get its cocoa beans? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $4.1 billion of cocoa beans (782 thousand tonnes), 23.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Côte d'Ivoire (32%), Nigeria (19%) and Cameroon (18%). The Netherlands was the world’s largest importer of cocoa beans.

Summary

Value
$4.1billion
Tonnes
782thousand tonnes
Share of world total
23.4%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Côte d'Ivoire1.3Tonnes: 260,441USD per tonne: $5,16532.5%Sea
Nigeria0.78Tonnes: 143,866USD per tonne: $5,42318.8%Sea
Cameroon0.74Tonnes: 144,506USD per tonne: $5,14417.9%Sea
Ecuador0.29Tonnes: 39,790USD per tonne: $7,1666.9%Sea
Ghana0.19Tonnes: 41,866USD per tonne: $4,6524.7%Sea
Sierra Leone0.13Tonnes: 27,931USD per tonne: $4,8133.2%Sea
Guinea0.1Tonnes: 21,477USD per tonne: $4,8312.5%Sea
Peru0.09Tonnes: 13,166USD per tonne: $6,8292.2%Sea
United States0.09Tonnes: 14,960USD per tonne: $5,9362.1%Sea
Uganda0.07Tonnes: 13,202USD per tonne: $5,5801.8%Sea
Liberia0.05Tonnes: 10,712USD per tonne: $4,9221.3%Sea
Republic of the Congo0.05Tonnes: 8,936USD per tonne: $5,5661.2%Sea
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.04Tonnes: 7,315USD per tonne: $5,3520.94%Sea
Dominican Republic0.04Tonnes: 7,295USD per tonne: $5,3260.94%Sea
Togo0.04Tonnes: 6,897USD per tonne: $5,4780.91%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.02Tonnes: 4,211USD per tonne: $4,0980.42%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 2,186USD per tonne: $6,3790.34%Land
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 1,990USD per tonne: $5,9610.29%Land
Madagascar0.01Tonnes: 2,822USD per tonne: $2,7630.19%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 2,909USD per tonne: $2,1580.15%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Côte d'Ivoire has been its main source since 2009

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

  • Côte d'Ivoire 1.3
  • Nigeria 0.78
  • Cameroon 0.74
  • Ecuador 0.29
  • Ghana 0.19

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Côte d'Ivoire0.391.3
Nigeria0.020.78
Cameroon0.130.74
Ecuador0.010.29
Ghana0.010.19

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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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