Global sales of candy sweets exported by country totaled US$10.1 billion in 2020.
Overall, the value of candy sweets exports increased by an average 1.2% for all exporting countries since 2016 when candy sweets shipments were valued at $10 billion. From 2019 to 2020, the worldwide value of exported candy sweets depreciated by -6.2%.
The 5 biggest exporters of candy sweets are Germany, China, Mexico, Netherlands and Belgium. That cohort collected 39.1% of international revenues from globally exported candy sweets.
From a continental perspective, shippers in Europe sold the highest dollar worth of exported candy sweets during 2020 with shipments valued at $5.6 billion or over half (55.8%) of the global total. In second place were Asian exporters at 22.9% while 14.4% originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from Latin America (4.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.6%) and Oceania (1.1%) mostly New Zealand and Australia.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for candy sweets is 170490. That code prefix encompasses a wide range of confectionery including lollipops, jelly beans, caramels, candy floss, fudge and peanut brittle. Specifically excluded are chewing gum and items containing cocoa (chocolate) which are covered under separate tariff codes.
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of candy sweets during 2020.
- Germany: US$1.3 billion (12.9% of exported candy sweets)
- China: $803.2 million (8%)
- Mexico: $635.9 million (6.3%)
- Netherlands: $604.1 million (6%)
- Belgium: $601.9 million (6%)
- Spain: $551.1 million (5.5%)
- Poland: $453.1 million (4.5%)
- Turkey: $448 million (4.4%)
- United States: $430.9 million (4.3%)
- Canada: $383.4 million (3.8%)
- United Kingdom: $213 million (2.1%)
- Italy: $191.5 million (1.9%)
- France: $175.9 million (1.7%)
- Russia: $174.4 million (1.7%)
- Czech Republic: $171.1 million (1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 70.7% of global candy sweets exported in 2020.
The 4 fastest-growing exporters of candy sweets since 2019 were: Poland (up 6.5%), Germany (up 4.8%), Russia (up 2.8%) and Turkey (up 2.5%).
Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of candy sweets were led by: United Kingdom (down -14.8%), United States (down -14.3%), France (down -13.4%), China (down -11.8%) and Czech Republic (down -9.5%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for candy sweets during 2020. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s exported candy sweets and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Germany: US$600.6 million (net export surplus up 17% since 2019)
- Mexico: $572 million (down -4.9%)
- China: $538.2 million (down -14.6%)
- Spain: $431.7 million (down -2%)
- Turkey: $426.1 million (up 3.9%)
- Belgium: $350.8 million (up 1.4%)
- Poland: $212.1 million (up 3.8%)
- Netherlands: $199.2 million (down -22.8%)
- Ukraine: $113.8 million (up 21.2%)
- Colombia: $107.3 million (down -14.9%)
- Brazil: $102 million (down -1.5%)
- Czech Republic: $81.1 million (down -14.2%)
- India: $79.6 million (down -4.5%)
- Indonesia: $61.8 million (down -15.2%)
- Italy: $56.7 million (up 48.4%)
Germany generated the highest surplus in the international trade of candy sweets during 2020. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Germany’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for candy sweets during 2020. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s imported candy sweets purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$1.5 billion (net export deficit up 6.4% since 2019)
- United Kingdom: -$363.5 million (down -1.4%)
- France: -$204 million (down -0.02%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$195.5 million (down -2.7%)
- Australia: -$125.1 million (down -12.8%)
- South Korea: -$109.4 million (down -10.2%)
- Sweden: -$101.4 million (down -8.3%)
- Norway: -$93.7 million (up 19.9%)
- Romania: -$73.8 million (up 3.2%)
- Iraq: -$58.3 million (up 3.6%)
- Yemen: -$57.3 million (down -11.9%)
- Hong Kong: -$50.9 million (down -44.5%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$48.6 million (down -2.3%)
- Philippines: -$47.4 million (down -37%)
- Belarus: -$47.3 million (down -11.7%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of candy sweets. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for candy confectionery-suppliers that target American consumers’ sweet tooth cravings.
Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following companies are examples of verified companies engaged in the international sales of candies. Their home countries are shown within parenthesis.
- Aspro BV (Netherlands)
- Big Buy (Spain)
- Bold Marketing Mexico S de RL de CV (Mexico)
- Chaozhou Qiaoxiang Foodstuff Factory (China)
- EUROBRANDS Grosshandel Lebensmittel GmbH (Germany)
- GeNaTa European Goods SP ZOO SpK (Poland)
- JM Alexander Corporation (United States)
- Kaizer Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Turkey)
- Probel Group SA (Belgium)
- Super Super Market Export Ltd (United Kingdom)
The 100 key export countries in the automated database below sold 99.97% of the globally exported candy sweets during 2020.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Candy Sweets (US$) | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $1,300,583,000 | +4.8% |
| 2. | China | $803,183,000 | -11.8% |
| 3. | Mexico | $635,925,000 | -7.2% |
| 4. | Netherlands | $604,106,000 | -5.3% |
| 5. | Belgium | $601,852,000 | -5.3% |
| 6. | Spain | $551,107,000 | -5.5% |
| 7. | Poland | $453,051,000 | +6.5% |
| 8. | Turkey | $447,990,000 | +2.5% |
| 9. | United States | $430,894,000 | -14.3% |
| 10. | Canada | $383,443,000 | -7.5% |
| 11. | United Kingdom | $212,977,000 | -14.8% |
| 12. | Italy | $191,541,000 | -3.1% |
| 13. | France | $175,904,000 | -13.4% |
| 14. | Russia | $174,447,000 | +2.8% |
| 15. | Czech Republic | $171,110,000 | -9.5% |
| 16. | Ukraine | $168,931,000 | +14% |
| 17. | Switzerland | $148,987,000 | -4% |
| 18. | Thailand | $142,389,000 | -23.2% |
| 19. | Denmark | $141,788,000 | -9.3% |
| 20. | Sweden | $133,675,000 | +3.2% |
| 21. | Colombia | $126,365,000 | -16.8% |
| 22. | Indonesia | $117,855,000 | -9.6% |
| 23. | Brazil | $117,253,000 | -7.7% |
| 24. | Japan | $111,738,000 | -14.3% |
| 25. | South Korea | $110,340,000 | -0.8% |
| 26. | Slovakia | $103,121,000 | +1.3% |
| 27. | Austria | $99,475,000 | -6% |
| 28. | India | $97,078,000 | -7.5% |
| 29. | Ireland | $96,389,000 | -22.7% |
| 30. | Hungary | $79,975,000 | -7.2% |
| 31. | Hong Kong | $78,797,000 | -14.8% |
| 32. | New Zealand | $67,162,000 | +34% |
| 33. | Malaysia | $66,680,000 | -24.4% |
| 34. | Guatemala | $56,293,000 | -10.1% |
| 35. | Vietnam | $55,622,000 | -12.7% |
| 36. | South Africa | $51,793,000 | -15.9% |
| 37. | Australia | $48,589,000 | +22.9% |
| 38. | Greece | $45,482,000 | -6.3% |
| 39. | Taiwan | $41,776,000 | +1.8% |
| 40. | Finland | $40,285,000 | +2.4% |
| 41. | Argentina | $37,013,000 | -2.4% |
| 42. | Egypt | $34,661,000 | -25.4% |
| 43. | Saudi Arabia | $34,240,000 | +7.8% |
| 44. | El Salvador | $31,891,000 | -11% |
| 45. | Singapore | $30,949,000 | -12.5% |
| 46. | Pakistan | $29,489,000 | -16.1% |
| 47. | Kazakhstan | $28,870,000 | -4.8% |
| 48. | Lithuania | $26,882,000 | +12.4% |
| 49. | Jordan | $24,927,000 | +35.2% |
| 50. | Kenya | $23,466,000 | +12.6% |
| 51. | Bulgaria | $21,041,000 | +9.4% |
| 52. | Philippines | $17,805,000 | -10.5% |
| 53. | Costa Rica | $16,939,000 | +4.4% |
| 54. | Zambia | $16,203,000 | +27.7% |
| 55. | Romania | $15,233,000 | -16.9% |
| 56. | Morocco | $14,497,000 | -25.4% |
| 57. | Ecuador | $14,231,000 | -35.4% |
| 58. | Lebanon | $13,260,000 | -7.9% |
| 59. | Slovenia | $12,053,000 | -17% |
| 60. | Belarus | $11,697,000 | -7.5% |
| 61. | Israel | $11,490,000 | -24.5% |
| 62. | Croatia | $11,020,000 | -9.7% |
| 63. | Bangladesh | $10,848,000 | +35.3% |
| 64. | Latvia | $10,601,000 | -2.7% |
| 65. | United Arab Emirates | $8,516,000 | -86.2% |
| 66. | Serbia | $8,279,000 | -14.2% |
| 67. | Portugal | $6,944,000 | -21.1% |
| 68. | Estonia | $6,849,000 | -22.6% |
| 69. | Eswatini | $6,520,000 | -29.7% |
| 70. | Syrian Arab Republic | $6,103,000 | +29.4% |
| 71. | Kuwait | $5,155,000 | -45.2% |
| 72. | North Macedonia | $5,114,000 | -6% |
| 73. | Iran | $4,947,000 | -17.6% |
| 74. | Honduras | $4,454,000 | -2.6% |
| 75. | Moldova | $4,196,000 | +16.4% |
| 76. | Uzbekistan | $4,159,000 | +27.8% |
| 77. | Peru | $3,851,000 | -22.8% |
| 78. | Senegal | $3,766,000 | -29.8% |
| 79. | Oman | $3,638,000 | -64% |
| 80. | Trinidad/Tobago | $3,397,000 | -32.9% |
| 81. | Norway | $3,109,000 | -42.1% |
| 82. | Dominican Republic | $2,890,000 | +57.2% |
| 83. | Chile | $2,735,000 | -14.4% |
| 84. | Uganda | $2,564,000 | +88.1% |
| 85. | Togo | $2,156,000 | -61.9% |
| 86. | Tunisia | $1,824,000 | -86.3% |
| 87. | Zimbabwe | $1,235,000 | -31.4% |
| 88. | Cameroon | $779,000 | -19.9% |
| 89. | Iraq | $773,000 | +27.1% |
| 90. | Panama | $769,000 | +81.8% |
| 91. | Nigeria | $640,000 | -45.3% |
| 92. | Kyrgyzstan | $634,000 | -2.2% |
| 93. | Armenia | $626,000 | -21.7% |
| 94. | Luxembourg | $612,000 | -11.2% |
| 95. | Georgia | $520,000 | -12.9% |
| 96. | Azerbaijan | $447,000 | -10.6% |
| 97. | Bahrain | $416,000 | -57.7% |
| 98. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $411,000 | -19.6% |
| 99. | Mauritius | $400,000 | -20.9% |
| 100. | Libya | $383,000 | +507.9% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of the columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2019 data was unavailable.
See also Bananas Exports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Apples Exports by Country and Oranges Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier information for candy sweets. Accessed on August 10, 2021
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on August 10, 2021
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on August 10, 2021
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 10, 2021
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 10, 2021
Wikipedia, List of top-selling candy brands. Accessed on August 10, 2021
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