Where to find buyers
Where to find buyers for Cocoa powder
Cocoa powder without added sugar, sold to bakeries, confectioners, and grocery wholesalers.
Importing countries
HS 180500 is cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. Sweetened cocoa mixes and cocoa beans are different headings.
Official description: Cocoa; powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. Period 2024, flow import, partner World. Retrieved 2026-10-27. Reporters in the response: 145. The preview count matched the stored rows.
| # | Reporter | primaryValue USD | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 449326904.0 | 96,430,571.0 kg |
| 2 | China | 261670854.0 | 59,730,598.285 kg |
| 3 | India | 238553459.7 | 56,844,361.0 kg |
| 4 | Türkiye | 183113995.0 | 46,095,039.0 kg |
| 5 | Netherlands | 180290744.011 | 42,856,043.0 kg |
| 6 | Germany | 176041547.11 | 36,973,609.875 kg |
| 7 | France | 172578384.917 | 37,532,717.096 kg |
| 8 | Italy | 156687653.235 | 36,338,568.0 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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Commercial Bakeries
NAICS 311812 (United States industry classification) is Commercial Bakeries. Money is 5 because bakeries buy cocoa powder as a repeating ingredient. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because unsweetened cocoa powder is a bakery input, which matches a heading that excludes added sugar.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, NAICS 2022, United States industry classification, 311812 — Commercial Bakeries
USA — reported imports of HS 180500
primaryValue 449326904.0 USD (449,326,904.0) · 2024 imports from World · rank 1 of 144
USA reported primaryValue 449326904.0 USD (shown with separators as 449,326,904.0) for HS 180500 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 96,430,571.0 kg (quantity not flagged as estimated). Money is 5 because this reporter ranks 1 of 144 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; powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. The preview count matched the rows stored (145), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 180500, 2024 imports from World
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
O*NET 13 (United States occupation classification)-1023.00 purchasing agents buy production inputs for plants. Money is 4. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because cocoa powder is a manufacturing ingredient.
China — reported imports of HS 180500
primaryValue 261670854.0 USD (261,670,854.0) · 2024 imports from World · rank 2 of 144
China reported primaryValue 261670854.0 USD (shown with separators as 261,670,854.0) for HS 180500 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 59,730,598.285 kg (Comtrade flagged the quantity as estimated). Money is 4 because this reporter ranks 2 of 144 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; powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. The preview count matched the rows stored (145), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 180500, 2024 imports from World