Korea Chocolate Import Market
Chocolate, milk and white chocolate, compound chocolate and chocolate products imported into South Korea.
Updated Sep 2026 · from official Korean import declarations
- Korea logged 5,238 chocolate import declarations in the last six months, down 7% on the six months before.
- Belgium is the largest origin with 14.2% of all shipments (1,736).
- Switzerland is growing fastest among established origins — up 92% over the last three months against the three before.
- China is losing ground, down 26% over the same window.
- 42 overseas suppliers shipped chocolate to Korea for the first time in the last three months.
- Sep 2026 shipments were down 47% on the month before.
Monthly shipments — chocolate
the 6 before
Each declaration is one customs filing, not one container — a useful proxy for how often a market is being served rather than for tonnage.
Where it comes from
Origin share and momentum
| Origin | Shipments | Share | 3m vs prior 3m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1,736 | 14.2% | ▲ 11% |
| France | 1,427 | 11.7% | ▲ 16% |
| Switzerland | 1,407 | 11.5% | ▲ 92% |
| Italy | 1,048 | 8.6% | ▲ 20% |
| China | 991 | 8.1% | ▼ 26% |
| Germany | 721 | 5.9% | ▲ 20% |
| Malaysia | 671 | 5.5% | ▼ 20% |
| Japan | 649 | 5.3% | ▼ 9% |
| United States | 482 | 3.9% | ▲ 22% |
| Türkiye | 345 | 2.8% | ▼ 2% |
Growth is suppressed where the earlier window holds fewer than 20 shipments — a move from three to nine is not a trend.
Top suppliers to Korea
| # | Overseas manufacturer | Ships |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LADERACH (SCHWEIZ) AG | 1,113 |
| 2 | VALRHONA SAS | 422 |
| 3 | MANUFACTURE BELGE DE CHOCOLATS SRL/BV | 317 |
| 4 | HERSHEY MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. | 209 |
| 5 | CFCC | 207 |
| 6 | LA MAISON DU CHOCOLAT | 194 |
| 7 | BARRY CALLEBAUT MANUFACTURING HALLE BVBA | 193 |
| 8 | BELCOLADE | 184 |
| 9 | BARRY CALLEBAUT BELGIUM NV | 173 |
| 10 | MARS FOODS(JIAXING) CO., LTD. | 165 |
- 1Jeqiquzu Pumol Teb1,113
- 2Kiza Foji Kop Vud697
- 3Cuhu Dofok Map542
- 4Lod Qizihazapot Jib Lis485
- 5Tumosuwi Duw Piv403
- 6Tucof Bisosacidapu Hed Quv397
- 7Behatave Qip Hut Nah387
380 Korean companies import chocolate.
This report does not name them.
KoreanImportData tracks every one of them — who they buy from, which origins they switched to, how often they ship and when they last imported. Search the full register by product, company or country, in English.
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These twelve are the biggest categories, not the only ones. The register covers every food, beverage, nutraceutical and packaging item type Korea imports.
Request a custom reportMethod and coverage
Figures are counts of individual import declarations lodged with the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, covering Jul 2025 to Sep 2026. This report covers the official item types Chocolate products, Compound chocolate, Chocolate, Milk chocolate, White chocolate — matched on the declared item type only, never on product-name text, so unrelated goods cannot be pulled in by a keyword.
Origin is the declared country of manufacture, not the country the goods were shipped from, which can differ where a distributor re-exports.
Company and product names are translated or transliterated from the official Korean record and may be imperfect; the Korean record is authoritative. One manufacturer can appear under more than one plant or spelling.
The register is reloaded monthly and this page is rebuilt with it. Figures here will differ from a report you read last month, by design.