Where to find buyers
Where to find buyers for Cocoa beans
Whole or broken cocoa beans, raw or roasted, sold to chocolate makers and commodity traders. Cocoa powder is a separate industry.
Importing countries
HS 180100 is 'Cocoa beans; whole or broken, raw or roasted'. Powder, butter, and paste are other headings and are not in these import figures.
Official description: Cocoa beans; whole or broken, raw or roasted. Period 2024, flow import, partner World. Retrieved 2026-10-27. Reporters in the response: 126. The preview count matched the stored rows.
| # | Reporter | primaryValue USD | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 4265789228.487 | 817,559,370.037 kg |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3297864065.958 | 490,379,485.747 kg |
| 3 | Germany | 1608261164.522 | 252,849,915.313 kg |
| 4 | USA | 1134862044.0 | 198,173,731.0 kg |
| 5 | Indonesia | 1096577709.0 | 157,394,975.0 kg |
| 6 | France | 753855775.613 | 127,941,092.362 kg |
| 7 | Belgium | 751612534.226 | 121,091,058.04 kg |
| 8 | Canada | 742859107.146 | 128,670,448.266 kg |
Figures are Comtrade primaryValue literals. Aggregate partners (World, Areas, nes, and Other …, nes) are omitted. Rank in this table is by primaryValue among the reporters kept.
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Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
O*NET 13 (United States occupation classification)-1021.00 farm-product buyers are the occupation that contracts crops such as cocoa beans. Money is 5. Authority is 5. Need is 5.
Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans
NAICS 311351 (United States industry classification) is chocolate manufacturing from cacao beans, as opposed to plants that only buy finished chocolate. Money is 5 because beans are the production input. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because the classification is literally manufacturing from cacao beans.
Netherlands — reported imports of HS 180100
primaryValue 4265789228.487 USD (4,265,789,228.487) · 2024 imports from World · rank 1 of 125
Netherlands reported primaryValue 4265789228.487 USD (shown with separators as 4,265,789,228.487) for HS 180100 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 817,559,370.037 kg (Comtrade flagged the quantity as estimated). Money is 5 because this reporter ranks 1 of 125 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Cocoa beans; whole or broken, raw or roasted. The preview count matched the rows stored (126), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 180100, 2024 imports from World
Germany — reported imports of HS 180100
primaryValue 1608261164.522 USD (1,608,261,164.522) · 2024 imports from World · rank 3 of 125
Germany reported primaryValue 1608261164.522 USD (shown with separators as 1,608,261,164.522) for HS 180100 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 252,849,915.313 kg (Comtrade flagged the quantity as estimated). Money is 4 because this reporter ranks 3 of 125 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Cocoa beans; whole or broken, raw or roasted. The preview count matched the rows stored (126), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 180100, 2024 imports from World
Malaysia — reported imports of HS 180100
primaryValue 3297864065.958 USD (3,297,864,065.958) · 2024 imports from World · rank 2 of 125
Malaysia reported primaryValue 3297864065.958 USD (shown with separators as 3,297,864,065.958) for HS 180100 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 490,379,485.747 kg (Comtrade flagged the quantity as estimated). Money is 4 because this reporter ranks 2 of 125 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Cocoa beans; whole or broken, raw or roasted. The preview count matched the rows stored (126), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 180100, 2024 imports from World