In 2023, Italy is in the top five countries exporting chocolate and chocolate bars in Europe to non-EU countries. Eurostat reports this. The report records that last year the quantity exported by EU members to countries outside the Union (non-EU) was 867,000 tonnes, with an increase of 2% compared to 2022 (852,000 tonnes) and an increase of 35% compared to 2013 (643,000 tonnes). The main exporters were Germany, with 221,000 tonnes (26%) of total exports, followed by Netherlands (123,000 tonnes, 14%), Poland (115,000 tonnes, 13%), Belgium (96,000 tonnes, 11%) and Italy (92,000 tonnes , 11%).
The top five partners for non-EU exports were the United Kingdom, leading with 315,000 tonnes (36%), followed by the United States with 72,000 tonnes (8%), Russia with 65,000 tonnes (7%), Canada with 31,000 tons (4%) and Australia with 27,000 tons (3%).
Extra-EU imports come from Switzerland, in the lead with 62,000 tonnes (36%), followed closely by the United Kingdom with 61,000 tonnes (36%), Ukraine with 22,000 tonnes (13%), Turkey with 7,000 tonnes (4). %) and Norway with 3000 tonnes (2%).
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