Switzerland is the biggest source of chocolate in the EU
Switzerland exported 62,000 tonnes of chocolate to the European Union (EU) last year, making it the largest non-member exporter of chocolate to the bloc.
On the other hand, Switzerland imported around 24,000 tonnes of chocolate from the EU.
Some 36% of chocolate imported into the EU in 2023 came from Switzerland, said the European statistical office Eurostat on Thursday. The UK was in second place with 61,000 tonnes. Ukraine (22,000 tonnes), Turkey (7,000 tonnes) and Norway (3,000 tonnes) followed with significantly smaller quantities.
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EU member states meanwhile exported a total of 867,000 tonnes of chocolate in 2023 and at least a third of this went to the UK, according to Eurostat. Switzerland was not among the top five buyers of chocolate from the EU.
Adapted from German by DeepL/kp
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