The global trade value for both chocolate and sugar confectionery reached a total of about 53.54 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. That year saw an uptick for both major categories of a combined seven billion U.S. dollars compared to 2022. Chocolate confectionery is the by far larger category and accounts for more than twice the trade value of sugar confectionery.
Value of worldwide confectionery trade from 2017 to 2023, by category
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate
Product code 1806 'Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa' and Product code 1704 'Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate'
Figures calculated by International Trade Centre (ITC) based on UN Comtrade statistics. Figures have been rounded. The release date given is the date of access (the database is constantly updated by the source).
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International Trade Centre. (August 29, 2024). Value of worldwide confectionery trade from 2017 to 2023, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309416/confectionery-trade-value-worldwide/
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International Trade Centre. (2024). Value of worldwide confectionery trade from 2017 to 2023, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309416/confectionery-trade-value-worldwide/
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Value of worldwide confectionery trade from 2017 to 2023, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], International Trade Centre, August 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309416/confectionery-trade-value-worldwide/
