Chocolate consumption has risen again in the last two years, following its decline in 2017. Comtrade data show that imports of chocolates and its products in 2019 reached about 4 million kg, or about 16.5 million dollars.
A significant part of the imports of chocolates and its products is also occupied by chocolate cream, which is widely consumed in Albania, although it is not recommended due to the use of palm oil.
Imports occupy the main weight, while domestic chocolate production remains informal, fragmented (large factories are missing) and is practically immeasurable.
Based on import and population data, the calculations of "Monitor" show that per capita consumption of chocolate was about 1.4 kg per year in 2019.
Consumption of chocolate in our country remains much lower compared to other countries, especially those known for the production of sweet product.
According to Statisca.com, the world's largest consumer of chocolate is Switzerland, with almost 9 kg per capita per year. Switzerland is known for its chocolate. Germans are also addicted to chocolate with a per capita consumption of 8.4 kg. Even in the United States, consumption remains relatively high, at 5.5 kg per capita.
The countries that use the least chocolate are the Asian ones, while in China, the per capita consumption for 2015 was only 200 grams.
Albanians imported 2.2 million kg of chocolate from EU countries, the geography they come from
July 7 was World Chocolate Day. Eurostat has published data on chocolate imports and exports from its member countries.
Albania, according to Eurostat, has imported from European Union countries 2.2 million kg of chocolate in 2019, or almost half of the total amount imported.
The main country from which we import more of the sweet product is Croatia, with 289% of the total. It is followed by the Netherlands (20%), Germany (19.7%), Greece (12%), Italy (6%), Belgium (5.8%).
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2.2 million tons of chocolate were exported by EU Member States in 2019, 66% of which went to other EU member states, according to Eurostat. The main exporters of chocolate and chocolate bars were Germany (640,000 tons or 30%), followed by Belgium (300,000 tons or 14%), the Netherlands (290,000 tons or 13%), Poland (230,000 tons or 10%). ) and Italy (180,000 tons or 8%). These five EU member states exported three quarters of the total EU chocolate and chocolate figures.
220,000 tons were imported from EU member states by non-EU countries, of which 100,000 tons came from the United Kingdom and 70,000 tons from Switzerland.
Source: Monitor
