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Benin imports of Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa (HS 1806)

Where Benin buys chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI statistics. World market for HS 1806 · Benin trade profile

Benin imports, 2024USD 1.8 millionSum over 23 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
Benin imports, 2023USD 2.2 millionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth−17.4%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 1,772 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory12Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in this economy, counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top suppliers

#SupplierValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1FranceUSD 796,83844.5%+16.2%BACI:BJ:FR:1806:1:2024
2IndiaUSD 571,68731.9%−39.2%BACI:BJ:IN:1806:1:2024
3ChinaUSD 142,6228.0%−45.5%BACI:BJ:CN:1806:1:2024
4TürkiyeUSD 82,4294.6%−30.6%BACI:BJ:TR:1806:1:2024
5TogoUSD 68,3623.8%+88.2%BACI:BJ:TG:1806:1:2024
6CameroonUSD 45,4512.5%+33.9%BACI:BJ:CM:1806:1:2024
7BelgiumUSD 18,1041.0%+758.8%BACI:BJ:BE:1806:1:2024
8GhanaUSD 14,9140.8%+79.5%BACI:BJ:GH:1806:1:2024
9Côte d’IvoireUSD 14,2880.8%+26.8%BACI:BJ:CI:1806:1:2024
10LebanonUSD 10,0420.6%−48.8%BACI:BJ:LB:1806:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the Benin total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in Benin, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery (NACE 4636) and Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices (NACE 4637). Counts only.

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Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-25. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Benin with each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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