Overall spending on chocolate imports increased by an average 51.9% for all importing countries since five years earlier in 2020 when international purchases of chocolate cost $28.7 billion.
Year over year, worldwide revenues generated from imported chocolate accelerated 15.8% from $37.6 billion during 2023.
The 5 main countries for buying imported chocolate are the United States of America, Germany, United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. Collectively, those top 5 chocolate importers bought about two-fifths (40.9%) of the total value for globally imported chocolate in 2024.
From a continental perspective, suppliers in Europe spent the most on imported chocolate during 2024 with purchases valued at $26.8 billion or 61.6% of the overall total. In second place were importers located in Asia at 16.4% while another 16% of worldwide chocolate imports was delivered to customers in North America.
Smaller percentages were bought by importers in Latin America (2.6%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (1.8%) led by Australia and New Zealand, and finally Africa (1.6%).
For research purposes, 1806 is the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa.
Chocolate Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2024.
- United States: US$4.9 billion (11.3% of total imported chocolate)
- Germany: $3.75 billion (8.6%)
- United Kingdom: $3.6 billion (8.3%)
- France: $3.4 billion (7.8%)
- Netherlands: $2.2 billion (5.0%)
- Belgium: $1.8 billion (4.1%)
- Canada: $1.54 billion (3.5%)
- Poland: $1.48 billion (3.4%)
- Spain: $960.2 million (2.2%)
- Italy: $909.8 million (2.1%)
- Austria: $733.2 million (1.7%)
- Japan: $682.2 million (1.6%)
- Czech Republic: $666.9 million (1.5%)
- mainland China: $654.7 million (1.5%)
- Russia: $616.9 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 64% of all chocolate imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for buying chocolate since 2023 were: Belgium (up 31.7%), France (up 24%), Germany (up 22.4%) and the United States of America (up 21.6%).
Russia was the lone decliner, recording a -12.4% year-over-year slowdown in spending.
Searchable List of Chocolate Importer Countries in 2024
The 100 key importers of chocolate showcased in the following automated database bought 98.7% of total imported chocolate in 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Chocolate Imports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $4,921,469,000 | +21.6% |
| 2. | Germany | $3,747,126,000 | +22.4% |
| 3. | United Kingdom | $3,618,479,000 | +16.5% |
| 4. | France | $3,378,498,000 | +24% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $2,160,175,000 | +21.4% |
| 6. | Belgium | $1,798,337,000 | +31.7% |
| 7. | Canada | $1,542,259,000 | +18.9% |
| 8. | Poland | $1,481,379,000 | +21.2% |
| 9. | Spain | $960,199,000 | +14.7% |
| 10. | Italy | $909,772,000 | +15.9% |
| 11. | Austria | $733,249,000 | +15.7% |
| 12. | Japan | $682,212,000 | +4.8% |
| 13. | Czech Republic | $666,948,000 | +17.6% |
| 14. | mainland China | $654,733,000 | +10.3% |
| 15. | Russia | $616,949,000 | -12.4% |
| 16. | Romania | $610,621,000 | +22% |
| 17. | Saudi Arabia | $605,349,000 | +17.3% |
| 18. | Sweden | $569,133,000 | +11.5% |
| 19. | Ireland | $519,184,000 | +15.7% |
| 20. | Australia | $515,194,000 | +10.7% |
| 21. | Hungary | $506,846,000 | +26.7% |
| 22. | United Arab Emirates | $505,204,000 | -10.4% |
| 23. | Mexico | $503,949,000 | +47.6% |
| 24. | Denmark | $503,238,000 | +13.8% |
| 25. | Hong Kong | $411,689,000 | +11.2% |
| 26. | Slovakia | $401,314,000 | +20.3% |
| 27. | South Korea | $388,831,000 | +9.2% |
| 28. | Portugal | $374,367,000 | +18.2% |
| 29. | Kazakhstan | $371,656,000 | +26.1% |
| 30. | Switzerland | $357,472,000 | +7.5% |
| 31. | Croatia | $353,373,000 | +29.2% |
| 32. | Bulgaria | $329,296,000 | +16.9% |
| 33. | Norway | $293,217,000 | +11.8% |
| 34. | Philippines | $279,779,000 | +19.8% |
| 35. | Singapore | $269,331,000 | -3.6% |
| 36. | Uzbekistan | $248,931,000 | +58.3% |
| 37. | Iraq | $243,981,000 | -12.7% |
| 38. | Türkiye | $242,682,000 | +32.9% |
| 39. | New Zealand | $229,816,000 | +15.2% |
| 40. | Israel | $228,470,000 | +3.1% |
| 41. | Greece | $225,920,000 | +21.5% |
| 42. | Finland | $214,422,000 | +4.2% |
| 43. | Thailand | $201,644,000 | +9.2% |
| 44. | Malaysia | $201,404,000 | +6.2% |
| 45. | Lithuania | $201,219,000 | +9.2% |
| 46. | Ukraine | $199,422,000 | +20.1% |
| 47. | Brazil | $185,446,000 | +14.9% |
| 48. | Slovenia | $177,861,000 | +13.4% |
| 49. | Serbia | $166,534,000 | +17.3% |
| 50. | Chile | $149,811,000 | +16% |
| 51. | Kuwait | $148,025,000 | -22.9% |
| 52. | Taiwan | $138,156,000 | -2.2% |
| 53. | India | $137,998,000 | +7% |
| 54. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $132,428,000 | +5.3% |
| 55. | Indonesia | $132,207,000 | +13.3% |
| 56. | Azerbaijan | $128,695,000 | +18.9% |
| 57. | Libya | $123,769,000 | -16.9% |
| 58. | South Africa | $121,850,000 | -3.4% |
| 59. | Vietnam | $121,711,000 | +111.1% |
| 60. | Latvia | $113,544,000 | +9.3% |
| 61. | Morocco | $98,020,000 | -3.2% |
| 62. | Georgia | $95,550,000 | +15.2% |
| 63. | Qatar | $91,329,000 | -19.5% |
| 64. | Luxembourg | $87,562,000 | +12.4% |
| 65. | Estonia | $86,421,000 | +12.6% |
| 66. | Peru | $83,702,000 | +68.4% |
| 67. | Armenia | $82,233,000 | +28.6% |
| 68. | Mongolia | $77,948,000 | +10.8% |
| 69. | Lebanon | $69,903,000 | +30.9% |
| 70. | Guatemala | $67,987,000 | +15.4% |
| 71. | Costa Rica | $63,198,000 | +16.8% |
| 72. | Egypt | $60,794,000 | +13.3% |
| 73. | North Macedonia | $59,749,000 | +11.8% |
| 74. | Colombia | $58,881,000 | +6.1% |
| 75. | Panama | $58,337,000 | +3.7% |
| 76. | Jordan | $57,340,000 | -36.5% |
| 77. | Argentina | $52,731,000 | -10.9% |
| 78. | Ecuador | $51,011,000 | -3% |
| 79. | Cyprus | $50,170,000 | +18.3% |
| 80. | Dominican Republic | $42,653,000 | +8% |
| 81. | Moldova | $40,093,000 | +11.4% |
| 82. | Venezuela | $38,632,000 | +33.7% |
| 83. | Macao | $37,441,000 | +6.8% |
| 84. | Montenegro | $37,176,000 | +2.6% |
| 85. | Albania | $36,921,000 | +13.6% |
| 86. | Oman | $36,710,000 | -68.7% |
| 87. | Uruguay | $34,951,000 | +16.6% |
| 88. | El Salvador | $33,971,000 | +14.9% |
| 89. | Paraguay | $33,619,000 | -0.1% |
| 90. | Iceland | $32,681,000 | -0.1% |
| 91. | Mauritius | $32,668,000 | +9.2% |
| 92. | Belarus | $32,597,000 | +32.9% |
| 93. | Malta | $30,654,000 | +2.3% |
| 94. | Palestine | $29,491,000 | -61.7% |
| 95. | Bolivia | $26,776,000 | -12.8% |
| 96. | Bahrain | $26,439,000 | -46.8% |
| 97. | Honduras | $24,817,000 | +6.6% |
| 98. | Nigeria | $23,173,000 | -38.1% |
| 99. | Sri Lanka | $22,738,000 | +27.5% |
| 100. | Kyrgyzstan | $21,384,000 | -64.8% |
Among this larger cohort of chocolate importers, the fastest-growing increases belong to Vietnam (up 111.1% from 2023), Peru (up 68.4%), Uzbekistan (up 58.3%), Mexico (up 47.6%) and Venezuela (up 33.7%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns above. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means no 2023 data was available.
Chocolate Imports into the United States
The United States of America’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$4.92 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which America imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Canada: US$2.7 billion (up 34.1% from 2023)
- Mexico: $688.4 million (up 12.4%)
- Belgium: $261.5 million (up 21.2%)
- Germany: $196.2 million (down -0.6%)
- Italy: $138.3 million (up 36.7%)
- Poland: $137.3 million (down -8.3%)
- Switzerland: $134.9 million (up 29%)
- France: $76.7 million (up 23.6%)
- Croatia: $57.1 million (down -15.8%)
- Ireland: $55 million (down -2.9%)
- Türkiye: $44.7 million (down -29.5%)
- Austria: $44.3 million (up 31.5%)
- Ivory Coast: $40.3 million (down -5.9%)
- United Kingdom: $37.6 million (up 26.5%)
- Colombia: $36.9 million (up 80.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.8% of chocolate imported by America in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to United States since 2023 were: Colombia (up 80.3%), Italy (up 36.7%), Canada (up 34.1%) and Austria (up 31.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their chocolate supplied to American importers included: Türkiye (down -29.5%), Croatia (down -15.8%), Poland (down -8.3%) and Ivory Coast (down -5.9%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported chocolate rose by an average 21.6% from all supplying countries since 2023 when chocolate purchased cost $4 billion.
Chocolate Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$3.75 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Belgium: US$868 million (up 29.7% from 2023)
- Poland: $619.7 million (up 19.8%)
- Netherlands: $434.2 million (up 11.3%)
- Switzerland: $367.3 million (up 9.5%)
- Italy: $365.2 million (up 44.6%)
- Austria: $294.4 million (up 36.7%)
- France: $141.4 million (up 0.8%)
- Croatia: $83.7 million (down -10.4%)
- Spain: $78.3 million (down -2.3%)
- United Kingdom: $62.4 million (up 33.1%)
- Bulgaria: $60.2 million (up 30%)
- Türkiye: $51.1 million (up 362.4%)
- Denmark: $44.6 million (up 16.5%)
- Sweden: $43.4 million (up 6%)
- Hungary: $31.8 million (up 13.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.6% of chocolate imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to Germany since 2023 were: Türkiye (up 362.4%), Italy (up 44.6%), Austria (up 36.7%) and the United Kingdom (up 33.1%).
A pair of countries experienced declines in the value of their chocolate supplied to German importers, namely Croatia (down -10.4% from 2023) and Spain (down -2.3%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported chocolate grew by an average 22.4% from all supplying countries since 2023 when chocolate purchased cost $3.1 billion.
Chocolate Imports into the United Kingdom
United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$3.62 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Germany: US$839.6 million (up 16% from 2023)
- Poland: $526.6 million (up 21.7%)
- Belgium: $473.3 million (up 40.7%)
- Italy: $338.2 million (up 19.6%)
- France: $334.4 million (up 1.5%)
- Ireland: $288.2 million (up 5.6%)
- Netherlands: $232.1 million (up 15.1%)
- Switzerland: $120.5 million (up 17.1%)
- Spain: $59.1 million (down -10.5%)
- Lithuania: $58.9 million (up 0.2%)
- Austria: $58.3 million (up 207%)
- United States: $53.2 million (up 17.7%)
- Slovakia: $34.6 million (up 59%)
- Czech Republic: $27.9 million (up 16.2%)
- Sweden: $24.4 million (down -25.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.9% of chocolate imported by the United Kingdom in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to the UK since 2023 were: Austria (up 207%), Slovakia (up 59%), Belgium (up 40.7%) and Poland (up 21.7%).
Two countries experienced declines in the value of their chocolate supplied to UK importers, namely Sweden (down -25.9% from 2023) and Spain (down -10.5%).
Overall, the value of the United Kingdom’s imported chocolate increased by an average 16.5% from all supplying countries since 2023 when chocolate purchased cost $3.1 billion.
Chocolate Imports into France
France’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$3.38 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Belgium: US$812.9 million (up 26.8% from 2023)
- Germany: $774.4 million (up 23.5%)
- Italy: $494.6 million (up 15.7%)
- Poland: $227.8 million (up 41.5%)
- Ivory Coast: $222.3 million (up 66%)
- Spain: $194.4 million (up 16.3%)
- United Kingdom: $186.8 million (up 15%)
- Netherlands: $183.8 million (up 28.3%)
- Switzerland: $122.4 million (up 0.6%)
- France: $27.6 million (up 2.6%)
- Austria: $18.9 million (up 7.3%)
- Slovakia: $14.8 million (up 6%)
- Sweden: $12.3 million (up 20.5%)
- Czech Republic: $11 million (up 33.3%)
- Croatia: $8 million (up 170.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98% of chocolate imported by France in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to France since 2023 were: Croatia (up 170.8%), Ivory Coast (up 66%), Poland (up 41.5%) and Czech Republic (up 33.3%).
The slowest growth in terms of chocolate supplied to French importers was posted by sellers located in Switzerland, recording a 0.6% advance from 2023.
Overall, the value of France’s imported chocolate accelerated by an average 24% from all supplying countries since 2023 when chocolate purchased cost $2.7 billion.
See also Chocolate Exporters by Country, Hot Chocolate Exports by Country, Candy Sweets Exports by Country, Natural Honey Imports by Country and Sugar Imports by Country
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International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 6, 2025
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