HS 18HS chapter
Cocoa
Global trade in cocoa during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$30.65B
Reported exports (2023)
$10.64B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in cocoa totaled approximately $30.65 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Côte d'Ivoire led the field with $6.34 billion in exports — 20.7% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 18. Country-level numbers reflect the sum of all subcategories that BACI reports. See methodology for caveats around mirror reconciliation and known data limitations, or data sources for the underlying CEPII BACI release.
Top exporters
1
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire$6.34B
20.7%
2
Belgium
Belgium$3.35B
10.9%
3
Germany
Germany$2.68B
8.8%
4
Netherlands
Netherlands$2.65B
8.7%
5
Ghana
Ghana$2.15B
7.0%
6
Italy
Italy$1.91B
6.2%
7
Poland
Poland$1.65B
5.4%
8
Ecuador
Ecuador$1.30B
4.3%
9
Switzerland
Switzerland$994.51M
3.2%
10
Cameroon
Cameroon$951.83M
3.1%
11
Nigeria
Nigeria$922.40M
3.0%
12
Canada
Canada$753.77M
2.5%
13
Indonesia
Indonesia$683.45M
2.2%
14
Malaysia
Malaysia$628.42M
2.1%
15
Türkiye
Türkiye$514.16M
1.7%
16
Peru
Peru$317.22M
1.0%
17
Russian Federation
Russian Federation$306.79M
1.0%
18
Croatia
Croatia$263.12M
0.9%
19
Dominican Rep.
Dominican Rep.$253.27M
0.8%
20
Guinea
Guinea$215.82M
0.7%
21
Lithuania
Lithuania$207.32M
0.7%
22
Ukraine
Ukraine$153.44M
0.5%
23
Estonia
Estonia$150.38M
0.5%
24
Uganda
Uganda$126.39M
0.4%
25
Bulgaria
Bulgaria$124.41M
0.4%
Top importers
1Netherlands
Netherlands$2.44B
22.9%
2
United Kingdom
United Kingdom$1.40B
13.2%
3Malaysia
Malaysia$1.38B
12.9%
4
France
France$1.23B
11.5%
5Indonesia
Indonesia$758.20M
7.1%
6
Austria
Austria$360.19M
3.4%
7Estonia
Estonia$333.02M
3.1%
8
Romania
Romania$249.21M
2.3%
9Bulgaria
Bulgaria$237.38M
2.2%
10
Ireland
Ireland$216.03M
2.0%
11
Denmark
Denmark$204.09M
1.9%
12
Portugal
Portugal$186.66M
1.8%
13
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan$169.36M
1.6%
14Croatia
Croatia$156.95M
1.5%
15
Bosnia Herzegovina
Bosnia Herzegovina$117.81M
1.1%
16
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan$92.14M
0.9%
17
New Zealand
New Zealand$91.55M
0.9%
18
Libya
Libya$89.92M
0.8%
19
Serbia
Serbia$74.78M
0.7%
20Lithuania
Lithuania$74.31M
0.7%
21
Kuwait
Kuwait$64.92M
0.6%
22
Iran
Iran$62.70M
0.6%
23
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan$62.44M
0.6%
24
Qatar
Qatar$60.66M
0.6%
25
State of Palestine
State of Palestine$48.52M
0.5%