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Where does the United Kingdom get its chocolate? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $3.5 billion of chocolate (489 thousand tonnes), 8.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (23%), Poland (15%) and Belgium (13%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of chocolate.

Summary

Value
$3.5billion
Tonnes
489thousand tonnes
Share of world total
8.2%
World rank
3rd
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
Germany788Tonnes: 109,429USD per tonne: $7,19722.6%Sea
Poland515Tonnes: 80,653USD per tonne: $6,38714.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports462Tonnes: 54,184USD per tonne: $8,52613.3%Sea
France326Tonnes: 54,776USD per tonne: $5,9519.4%Sea
Italy319Tonnes: 33,408USD per tonne: $9,5539.2%Sea
Ireland289Tonnes: 39,960USD per tonne: $7,2318.3%Land
Netherlands re-exports232Tonnes: 40,199USD per tonne: $5,7756.7%Sea
Switzerland114Tonnes: 13,175USD per tonne: $8,6263.3%Sea
Spain57.7Tonnes: 8,580USD per tonne: $6,7201.7%Sea
Lithuania56.5Tonnes: 7,807USD per tonne: $7,2401.6%Sea
Austria53.9Tonnes: 6,902USD per tonne: $7,8081.6%Sea
United States52.6Tonnes: 6,447USD per tonne: $8,1561.5%Sea
Czechia27.2Tonnes: 3,441USD per tonne: $7,9010.78%Sea
Slovakia26.4Tonnes: 3,819USD per tonne: $6,9200.76%Sea
Sweden25.3Tonnes: 6,254USD per tonne: $4,0510.73%Sea
Bulgaria22.1Tonnes: 3,190USD per tonne: $6,9140.63%Sea
Hungary14.4Tonnes: 2,578USD per tonne: $5,5970.41%Sea
Croatia12.1Tonnes: 775USD per tonne: $15,6690.35%Sea
Egypt10.9Tonnes: 1,807USD per tonne: $6,0560.31%Sea
China9.1Tonnes: 934USD per tonne: $9,7740.26%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2006

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

  • Germany 788
  • Poland 515
  • Belgium 462
  • France 326
  • Italy 319

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany58.8788
Poland2.1515
Belgium60.8462
France91.4326
Italy7.2319

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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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