{"id":221,"date":"2025-12-29T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/?p=221"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:32:49","slug":"sweet-success-poland-joins-the-europes-top-chocolate-exporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Success: Poland Joins the Europe\u2019s Top Chocolate Exporters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poland has quietly become one of Europe\u2019s heavyweight chocolate exporters, shipping vast volumes across the EU and beyond, and doing it while manufacturers grapple with higher cocoa costs, energy bills, and consumers who still want a treat but watch the price tag.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Complimentary chocolate distributed by train staff on the Krak\u00f3w\u2013Warsaw train, July 2025.<\/em> (Image: Kravat)
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A Polish government trade briefing says the country exported  121,000 tonnes of chocolate and chocolate products in 2024, worth PLN 12 billion (around EUR 2.88 billion), making Poland the EU\u2019s third-largest exporter by volume, behind Germany and the Netherlands.  According to Eurostat data, the EU\u2019s broader chocolate trade has become, with 844,000 tonnes exported extra-EU in 2024.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A wall of chocolate in Gdansk. (Image: Kravat)
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Domestically in Poland, the market has been dealing with price pressure. Analysis by the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit shows that globally, chocolate prices rose around 43 % between 2022 and 2025, measured around Easter seasonal pricing, reflecting broad consumer price trends across multiple markets. Eurostat reported that in the EU, chocolate retail prices were on average 21.1 % higher in May 2025 than in May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For buyers outside Poland, the country\u2019s soft power in sweets is often brand-led: long-running Polish names sit alongside international firms producing in Poland, feeding both local shelves and export channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polish chocolate brands and products worth knowing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. E. Wedel \u2014 Ptasie Mleczko\u00ae<\/strong> (chocolate-covered \u201cbird\u2019s milk\u201d foams)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. E. Wedel \u2014 Torcik Wedlowski<\/strong> (wafer cake with hazelnut cream in chocolate)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Wawel \u2014 Malaga<\/strong> (classic filled chocolates)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Wawel \u2014 Tiki Taki<\/strong> (filled chocolates)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Goplana \u2014 Mella jelly in chocolate<\/strong> (fruit jellies covered in chocolate)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Terravita \u2014 Classic chocolate bars<\/strong> (bar range under the Terravita brand)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Solidarno\u015b\u0107 \u2014 \u015aliwka Na\u0142\u0119czowska<\/strong> (candied plums in chocolate; widely exported) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poland has quietly become one of Europe\u2019s heavyweight chocolate exporters, shipping vast volumes across the EU and beyond, and doing it while manufacturers grapple with higher cocoa costs, energy bills, and consumers who still want a treat but watch the price tag. A Polish government trade briefing says the country exported  121,000 tonnes of chocolate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38,8,41,42],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arcticle","tag-chocolate","tag-eng","tag-gdansk-2","tag-krakow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovepoland.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}