Overall spending on chocolate imports increased by an average 14.6% for all importing countries since 2018 when international purchases of chocolate cost $28.7 billion.
Year over year, worldwide revenues generated from imported chocolate rose 2.6% from $32.3 billion during 2021.
The 5 main countries for buying imported chocolate are the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Netherlands. Collectively, those top 5 chocolate importers bought almost two-fifths (39.1%) of the total value for globally imported chocolate in 2022.
From a continental perspective, suppliers in Europe spent the most on imported chocolate during 2022 with purchases valued at $19.2 billion or 58.1% of the overall total. In second place were Asian importers at 18.9% while another 16.2% of worldwide chocolate imports was delivered to customers in North America.
Smaller percentages were bought by importers in Latin America (2.8%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (2.02%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa (2%).
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 2022.
- United States: US$3.8 billion (11.6% of total imported chocolate)
- United Kingdom: $2.7 billion (8.1%)
- Germany: $2.48 billion (7.5%)
- France: $2.41 billion (7.3%)
- Netherlands: $1.6 billion (4.8%)
- Canada: $1.2 billion (3.7%)
- Poland: $1.07 billion (3.2%)
- Belgium: $1.07 billion (3.2%)
- Japan: $726 million (2.2%)
- Spain: $725.2 million (2.2%)
- Italy: $666.1 million (2%)
- Russia: $615.9 million (1.9%)
- China: $575.5 million (1.7%)
- Austria: $500.2 million (1.5%)
- Saudi Arabia: $489.6 million (1.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 62.3% of all chocolate imported in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for chocolate since 2021 were: United States of America (up 18.9%), United Kingdom (up 15.7%), Japan (up 8.3%) and Canada (up 7.6%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported chocolate purchases were led by: mainland China (down -14.5% from 2021), Italy (down -6.5%), Austria (down -6.3%) and Belgium (down -6.1%).
Chocolate Imports into the United States
The United States of America’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$3.83 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which America imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Canada: US$1.9 billion (up 14.2% from 2021)
- Mexico: $610.1 million (up 17%)
- Belgium: $195.3 million (up 15.9%)
- Germany: $176.5 million (up 14.3%)
- Poland: $144.5 million (up 38.3%)
- Italy: $110.9 million (up 55%)
- Switzerland: $105.2 million (up 27%)
- Türkiye: $74.3 million (up 19.5%)
- France: $61.9 million (up 30.3%)
- Ivory Coast: $41.7 million (up 111.5%)
- Ireland: $41.4 million (up 13.8%)
- United Kingdom: $38.1 million (up 6.5%)
- Croatia: $33.3 million (up 103%)
- Peru: $29 million (up 97.1%)
- Austria: $27.3 million (up 23.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.5% of chocolate imported by United States of America in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to the United States since 2021 were: Ivory Coast (up 111.5%), Croatia (up 103%), Peru (up 97.1%) and Italy (up 55%).
The most modest increase in the value of chocolate supplied to American importers belongs to exporters in the United Kingdom via a 6.5% gain from 2021.
Overall, the value of America’s imported chocolate rose by an average 18.9% from all supplying countries since 2021 when chocolate purchased cost $3.2 billion.
Chocolate Imports into the United Kingdom
United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$2.67 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Germany: US$619 million (up 27.3% from 2021)
- Poland: $379.4 million (up 17.9%)
- France: $294.7 million (up 49.5%)
- Belgium: $283.9 million (down -17.2%)
- Italy: $267.3 million (up 45.3%)
- Ireland: $220.9 million (down -4.4%)
- Netherlands: $198.8 million (up 4.6%)
- Switzerland: $81.8 million (up 22.6%)
- Spain: $56.6 million (up 17.5%)
- United States of America: $43.3 million (up 14.5%)
- Austria: $21.2 million (down -18.1%)
- Lithuania: $20.6 million (down -35.8%)
- Croatia: $20.3 million (up 257.8%)
- Czech Republic: $19.7 million (up 33.1%)
- Sweden: $18.9 million (up 28.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.3% of chocolate imported by the United Kingdom in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to the UK since 2021 were: Croatia (up 257.8%), France (up 49.5%), Italy (up 45.3%) and the Czech Republic (up 33.1%).
There were 4 major providers that experienced declines in the value of their chocolate supplied to UK importers, namely those located in Lithuania (down -35.8% from 2021), Austria (down -18.1%), Belgium (down -17.2%) and Ireland (down -4.4%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported chocolate rose by an average 15.7% from all supplying countries since 2021 when chocolate purchased cost $2.3 billion.
Chocolate Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$2.48 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Belgium: US$521.4 million (down -12.6% from 2021)
- Poland: $435.4 million (up 2.1%)
- Netherlands: $299.8 million (down -7.3%)
- Switzerland: $286.8 million (down -2.7%)
- Italy: $212.6 million (down -4.6%)
- Austria: $154.7 million (down -8.9%)
- France: $130.2 million (down -6.6%)
- Croatia: $79.6 million (up 26.4%)
- United Kingdom: $44.2 million (up 17.7%)
- Spain: $43.6 million (up 33.8%)
- Sweden: $39.1 million (down -8.1%)
- Denmark: $34.43 million (up 0.003%)
- Slovakia: $34.38 million (up 26.3%)
- Bulgaria: $30.4 million (up 2.7%)
- Czech Republic: $23.6 million (up 0.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.7% of chocolate imported by Germany in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to Germany since 2021 were: Spain (up 33.8%), Croatia (up 26.4%), Slovakia (up 26.3%) and the United Kingdom (up 17.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their chocolate supplied to German importers included: Belgium (down -12.6%), Austria (down -8.9%), Sweden (down -8.1%) and the Netherlands (down -7.3%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported chocolate fell by an average -4.3% from all supplying countries since 2021 when chocolate purchased cost $2.6 billion.
Chocolate Imports into France
France’s global purchases of imported chocolate totaled US$2.41 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of chocolate during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Belgium: US$526.1 million (down -12.3% from 2021)
- Germany: $520.6 million (down -7.9%)
- Italy: $388.7 million (down -1.2%)
- Netherlands: $196 million (down -3.2%)
- Poland: $148.2 million (down -8.1%)
- Spain: $142.6 million (up 0.2%)
- United Kingdom: $130.3 million (down -9.9%)
- Ivory Coast: $115.7 million (up 29.1%)
- Switzerland: $115.4 million (up 1%)
- Sweden: $22.3 million (down -42.6%)
- France: $19 million (up 40.8%)
- Austria: $17 million (up 16.6%)
- Slovakia: $10.7 million (up 20.4%)
- Czech Republic: $8.8 million (up 2.3%)
- Hungary: $6.2 million (up 35.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.2% of chocolate imported by France in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of chocolate to France since 2021 were: France (up 40.8%), Hungary (up 35.8%), Ivory Coast (up 29.1%) and Slovakia (up 20.4%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their chocolate supplied to French importers included: Sweden (down -42.6%), Belgium (down -12.3%), United Kingdom (down -9.9%) and Poland (down -8.1%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported chocolate dropped by an average -5.3% from all supplying countries since 2021 when chocolate purchased cost $2.5 billion.
Searchable List of Chocolate Importer Countries in 2022
The 100 key importers of chocolate showcased in the following automated database bought 98.4% of total imported chocolate in 2022.
| Rank | Importer | Chocolate Imports | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $3,833,861,000 | +18.9% |
| 2. | United Kingdom | $2,671,795,000 | +15.7% |
| 3. | Germany | $2,477,543,000 | -4.3% |
| 4. | France | $2,410,216,000 | -5.3% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $1,588,694,000 | +1% |
| 6. | Canada | $1,242,753,000 | +7.6% |
| 7. | Poland | $1,072,192,000 | -1.9% |
| 8. | Belgium | $1,067,212,000 | -6.1% |
| 9. | Japan | $726,026,000 | +8.3% |
| 10. | Spain | $725,203,000 | +0% |
| 11. | Italy | $666,082,000 | -6.5% |
| 12. | Russia | $615,899,000 | -4.4% |
| 13. | China | $575,468,000 | -14.5% |
| 14. | Austria | $500,243,000 | -6.3% |
| 15. | Saudi Arabia | $489,631,000 | -1.4% |
| 16. | Sweden | $483,150,000 | +2.8% |
| 17. | Czech Republic | $471,600,000 | +1.9% |
| 18. | Australia | $442,307,000 | -5.7% |
| 19. | United Arab Emirates | $430,480,000 | -8.3% |
| 20. | Romania | $424,244,000 | +2% |
| 21. | Denmark | $375,952,000 | -1.7% |
| 22. | Ireland | $371,232,000 | -2.3% |
| 23. | South Korea | $363,179,000 | +1.8% |
| 24. | Slovakia | $344,200,000 | -0.9% |
| 25. | Hungary | $338,121,000 | +0.3% |
| 26. | Hong Kong | $299,597,000 | -13.4% |
| 27. | Switzerland | $291,460,000 | -4.9% |
| 28. | Mexico | $283,702,000 | +17.9% |
| 29. | Portugal | $274,959,000 | +6.3% |
| 30. | Singapore | $240,169,000 | +30.1% |
| 31. | Bulgaria | $237,905,000 | +16.4% |
| 32. | Kazakhstan | $237,846,000 | +23.2% |
| 33. | Norway | $234,352,000 | -2.2% |
| 34. | Israel | $234,264,000 | +16.3% |
| 35. | Philippines | $215,175,000 | +53.7% |
| 36. | Malaysia | $206,318,000 | +28.4% |
| 37. | Croatia | $203,610,000 | -1.1% |
| 38. | Iraq | $196,832,000 | +15.5% |
| 39. | New Zealand | $191,113,000 | +0.3% |
| 40. | Thailand | $177,397,000 | +22.8% |
| 41. | Finland | $170,405,000 | +0.3% |
| 42. | Türkiye | $164,132,000 | +30.4% |
| 43. | Lithuania | $149,342,000 | +7.5% |
| 44. | Greece | $148,321,000 | -1.9% |
| 45. | Taiwan | $146,910,000 | +9.4% |
| 46. | Chile | $142,159,000 | -10.8% |
| 47. | Slovenia | $139,083,000 | -5.9% |
| 48. | Ukraine | $130,129,000 | -42.9% |
| 49. | Uzbekistan | $126,660,000 | +25.2% |
| 50. | Libya | $125,673,000 | +4.8% |
| 51. | Kuwait | $124,604,000 | +46.3% |
| 52. | Indonesia | $123,716,000 | +33.9% |
| 53. | Brazil | $121,386,000 | -13.1% |
| 54. | South Africa | $118,754,000 | +2% |
| 55. | Qatar | $114,485,000 | +28.7% |
| 56. | Serbia | $113,368,000 | -9.5% |
| 57. | India | $111,147,000 | +39.5% |
| 58. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $103,114,000 | -9.4% |
| 59. | Vietnam | $99,409,000 | +129.6% |
| 60. | Azerbaijan | $95,248,000 | +9.4% |
| 61. | Morocco | $90,948,000 | -7.9% |
| 62. | Latvia | $87,349,000 | +7.9% |
| 63. | Georgia | $75,448,000 | +40.1% |
| 64. | Jordan | $71,641,000 | -13.5% |
| 65. | Mongolia | $69,932,000 | +4.3% |
| 66. | Luxembourg | $66,775,000 | -8.4% |
| 67. | Lebanon | $65,378,000 | +70.6% |
| 68. | Colombia | $64,251,000 | +12.7% |
| 69. | Egypt | $64,096,000 | +8.4% |
| 70. | Estonia | $63,122,000 | +5% |
| 71. | Armenia | $62,861,000 | +31.7% |
| 72. | Peru | $55,422,000 | +4.6% |
| 73. | Guatemala | $53,883,000 | +18.9% |
| 74. | Panama | $51,918,000 | +14.4% |
| 75. | Ecuador | $51,892,000 | +12.5% |
| 76. | Argentina | $50,955,000 | +4.2% |
| 77. | Bahrain | $49,209,000 | +14.3% |
| 78. | Kyrgyzstan | $47,742,000 | +9.2% |
| 79. | Costa Rica | $45,126,000 | +4.5% |
| 80. | North Macedonia | $44,203,000 | -9.2% |
| 81. | Tajikistan | $41,811,000 | +25.4% |
| 82. | Cyprus | $36,676,000 | -0.6% |
| 83. | Dominican Republic | $36,300,000 | +8.7% |
| 84. | Oman | $35,703,000 | -70% |
| 85. | Moldova | $34,099,000 | +13.2% |
| 86. | Yemen | $34,004,000 | -37.4% |
| 87. | Palestine | $33,228,000 | -68.4% |
| 88. | Bolivia | $31,447,000 | +19.1% |
| 89. | Uruguay | $30,355,000 | +7.9% |
| 90. | Venezuela | $29,896,000 | +5.9% |
| 91. | Paraguay | $29,175,000 | +14.6% |
| 92. | Nigeria | $28,976,000 | +74.5% |
| 93. | Montenegro | $27,893,000 | +21% |
| 94. | El Salvador | $27,515,000 | +4.4% |
| 95. | Iceland | $27,318,000 | +4.4% |
| 96. | Macao | $24,963,000 | -10.6% |
| 97. | Algeria | $23,733,000 | -50.7% |
| 98. | Malta | $23,371,000 | +1.8% |
| 99. | Mauritius | $23,220,000 | +16.9% |
| 100. | Pakistan | $21,653,000 | +1.3% |
Among these major chocolate importers, the fastest-growing increases belong to Vietnam (up 129.6%) from 2021, Nigeria (up 74.5%), Lebanon (up 70.6%), Philippines (up 53.7%) and Kuwait (up 46.3%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns above. An enry of 0% in the right-most column means no 2021 data was available.
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
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on July 31, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 31, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 31, 2023
Wikipedia, Chocolate. Accessed on July 31, 2023
