That dollar amount results from an average 37.3% increase for all international sellers of cookies over the 5-year period starting in 2019 when total sweet biscuit exports were worth $8.47 billion.
Year over year, the value of exported cookies gained 11.6% compared to $10.42 billion starting from 2022.
Also called sweet biscuits in some countries, a wide range of cookies are beloved snacks around the globe. In the United States, favorites include chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin, white chocolate, sugar and shortbread cookies according to OnePoll.com.
The 5 biggest cookie exporters are Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Canada. Combined, that quintet of major suppliers generated over two-fifths (40.5%) of the overall value of globally exported cookies during 2023.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar worth of exported cookies during 2023 with shipments valued at $6.64 billion or 57.1% of the worldwide total. In second place were exporters in Asia at 18.3% while another 17.6% of cookie shipments originated from Asia.
Smaller percentages came from providers in Latin America (4.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (2.1%), Oceania (0.7%) led by Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for sweet biscuits is 190531.
Top Cookies Exporters by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cookies during 2023.
- Mexico: US$1.2 billion (10.6% of total exported cookies)
- Netherlands: $1.1 billion (9.3%)
- Germany: $1 billion (9%)
- Belgium: $799.2 million (6.9%)
- Canada: $553.7 million (4.8%)
- Italy: $526.2 million (4.5%)
- Türkiye: $455.5 million (3.9%)
- Poland: $448.5 million (3.9%)
- Spain: $447.9 million (3.9%)
- France: $435.6 million (3.7%)
- United Kingdom: $429.7 million (3.7%)
- Indonesia: $424.5 million (3.6%)
- India: $325.2 million (2.8%)
- Czech Republic: $300.3 million (2.6%)
- United States: $254.3 million (2.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped roughly three-quarters (75.3%) of all cookies exported in 2023.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing cookies exporters since 2022 were: Italy (up 29.3%), Belgium (up 29.2%), Netherlands (up 28.8%) and Spain (up 25.1%).
Canada was the lone major supplier that posted a decline in its exported cookies sales, recording a -1.9% setback from 2022.
Searchable Database of Cookies Exporting Countries in 2023
The following automated database of major international suppliers collected 99.9% of the overall revenues from globally exported sweet biscuits.
| Rank | Exporter | Cookie Exports | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mexico | $1,234,069,000 | +5.6% |
| 2. | Netherlands | $1,077,759,000 | +28.8% |
| 3. | Germany | $1,045,601,000 | +23.5% |
| 4. | Belgium | $799,243,000 | +29.2% |
| 5. | Canada | $553,672,000 | -1.9% |
| 6. | Italy | $526,168,000 | +29.3% |
| 7. | Türkiye | $455,523,000 | +5.5% |
| 8. | Poland | $448,520,000 | +15.7% |
| 9. | Spain | $447,876,000 | +25.1% |
| 10. | France | $435,647,000 | +17.1% |
| 11. | United Kingdom | $429,715,000 | +7% |
| 12. | Indonesia | $424,536,000 | +11% |
| 13. | India | $325,186,000 | +22% |
| 14. | Czech Republic | $300,324,000 | +22.1% |
| 15. | United States | $254,304,000 | +7.8% |
| 16. | Denmark | $187,935,000 | +8.3% |
| 17. | Malaysia | $183,236,000 | +14.6% |
| 18. | Thailand | $132,319,000 | -12.4% |
| 19. | Sweden | $121,776,000 | -5.7% |
| 20. | Austria | $115,859,000 | +14.3% |
| 21. | Russia | $107,656,000 | -10.4% |
| 22. | Peru | $105,969,000 | +15.2% |
| 23. | mainland China | $100,246,000 | +7.4% |
| 24. | Serbia | $94,288,000 | +30% |
| 25. | Bahrain | $91,512,000 | -0.3% |
| 26. | Guatemala | $65,173,000 | +0.7% |
| 27. | Ukraine | $63,546,000 | +17.2% |
| 28. | Costa Rica | $62,761,000 | +8.4% |
| 29. | Brazil | $62,720,000 | -17.9% |
| 30. | Egypt | $60,820,000 | -2.3% |
| 31. | Hong Kong | $58,226,000 | +4.9% |
| 32. | Singapore | $56,727,000 | +4.8% |
| 33. | South Africa | $55,646,000 | +11.6% |
| 34. | Zambia | $52,451,000 | -1% |
| 35. | Portugal | $51,804,000 | +29.3% |
| 36. | Croatia | $48,733,000 | +47.4% |
| 37. | Colombia | $47,515,000 | +29.2% |
| 38. | Latvia | $39,270,000 | +119.1% |
| 39. | Pakistan | $38,714,000 | -7.9% |
| 40. | Romania | $37,330,000 | +38.5% |
| 41. | Australia | $36,229,000 | -2.6% |
| 42. | Philippines | $34,078,000 | +214.9% |
| 43. | Argentina | $32,100,000 | +10.9% |
| 44. | New Zealand | $31,974,000 | +23.3% |
| 45. | Bulgaria | $30,355,000 | +20.7% |
| 46. | Hungary | $28,948,000 | +12.9% |
| 47. | El Salvador | $28,226,000 | +10.1% |
| 48. | Kazakhstan | $27,712,000 | +8.3% |
| 49. | Switzerland | $26,688,000 | -9.6% |
| 50. | Dominican Republic | $26,067,000 | +15.6% |
| 51. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $25,965,000 | +29.3% |
| 52. | Slovakia | $24,721,000 | +22.1% |
| 53. | Jordan | $24,688,000 | +67.7% |
| 54. | Lithuania | $24,437,000 | +15.6% |
| 55. | Greece | $22,061,000 | +4% |
| 56. | Trinidad/Tobago | $21,864,000 | +9.5% |
| 57. | Ireland | $21,254,000 | +52.2% |
| 58. | Taiwan | $20,032,000 | +2.1% |
| 59. | Sri Lanka | $20,025,000 | +7.9% |
| 60. | Tunisia | $19,934,000 | +13% |
| 61. | Vietnam | $19,010,000 | +23.3% |
| 62. | United Arab Emirates | $17,908,000 | -78.8% |
| 63. | South Korea | $17,380,000 | +10.7% |
| 64. | North Macedonia | $16,343,000 | +30.8% |
| 65. | Saudi Arabia | $15,637,000 | -77.7% |
| 66. | Uganda | $14,261,000 | +5.9% |
| 67. | Ecuador | $14,030,000 | +16.1% |
| 68. | Barbados | $13,892,000 | +8.3% |
| 69. | Oman | $13,287,000 | -73.4% |
| 70. | Moldova | $12,805,000 | +6.3% |
| 71. | Slovenia | $12,790,000 | +32.2% |
| 72. | Iran | $12,011,000 | -82.1% |
| 73. | Japan | $10,059,000 | -19.2% |
| 74. | Fiji | $9,562,000 | -11.4% |
| 75. | Uzbekistan | $8,920,000 | -17.3% |
| 76. | Ghana | $8,883,000 | -50.5% |
| 77. | Panama | $7,836,000 | +693.9% |
| 78. | Bangladesh | $7,494,000 | -67.3% |
| 79. | Morocco | $7,443,000 | -4.7% |
| 80. | Chile | $5,773,000 | +17.6% |
| 81. | Luxembourg | $4,728,000 | +41.5% |
| 82. | Zimbabwe | $4,618,000 | -30% |
| 83. | Finland | $4,517,000 | +29.6% |
| 84. | Honduras | $3,929,000 | 0% |
| 85. | Kenya | $3,356,000 | +21.7% |
| 86. | Senegal | $3,315,000 | +8.4% |
| 87. | Lebanon | $2,583,000 | +2.9% |
| 88. | Lesotho | $2,419,000 | +8.9% |
| 89. | Syria | $2,391,000 | -60.4% |
| 90. | Estonia | $2,240,000 | +20% |
| 91. | Jamaica | $2,227,000 | -1.6% |
| 92. | Bolivia | $2,142,000 | +9.1% |
| 93. | Belarus | $1,829,000 | +6.7% |
| 94. | Algeria | $1,781,000 | -9.4% |
| 95. | Venezuela | $1,685,000 | +28.8% |
| 96. | Mozambique | $1,614,000 | -37.4% |
| 97. | Ivory Coast | $1,326,000 | -6.9% |
| 98. | Norway | $1,213,000 | +37.5% |
| 99. | Tanzania | $1,197,000 | -5.2% |
| 100. | Paraguay | $1,051,000 | +15.2% |
Focusing on the leading 100 cookie suppliers, the fastest growers were Panama (up 693.9% from 2022), Philippines (up 214.9%), Latvia (up 119.1%), Jordan (up 67.7%) then Ireland (up 52.2%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of the above table’s columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2022 data was unavailable.
Countries Enjoying Best Trade Surpluses from Cookies
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for cookies during 2023. 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 cookies and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Mexico: US$1.2 billion (net export surplus up 4.9% since 2022)
- Netherlands: $626.8 million (up 30.2%)
- Türkiye: $420.4 million (up 4.4%)
- Germany: $395.1 million (up 21.4%)
- Belgium: $390 million (up 32.3%)
- Indonesia: $389.1 million (up 17.6%)
- India: $315.7 million (up 25%)
- Poland: $299 million (up 11.5%)
- Italy: $264.4 million (up 23.6%)
- Spain: $251 million (up 26.1%)
- Canada: $228.1 million (down -14.9%)
- Czech Republic: $213.1 million (up 19.8%)
- Denmark: $107.4 million (down -6%)
- Peru: $93.9 million (up 17.1%)
- Malaysia: $76.1 million (up 49.8%)
World-leading Mexico generated the highest surplus in the international trade of cookies. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms strong Mexican competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Countries Incurring Worst Trade Deficits from Cookies
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for cookies during 2023. 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 cookies purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$1.9 billion (net export deficit up 6% since 2022)
- United Kingdom: -$300 million (up 107.8%)
- France: -$188.6 million (up 19.9%)
- Ireland: -$175.1 million (up 38.7%)
- mainland China: -$164 million (down -12.8%)
- Iraq: -$150.2 million (down -19.7%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$148.2 million (up 24%)
- Portugal: -$119.5 million (up 18.8%)
- Australia: -$114.5 million (up 3.3%)
- Romania: -$98.4 million (up 12.1%)
- Vietnam: -$90.3 million (down -16.8%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$80.8 million (up 20.6%)
- Yemen: -$67.7 million (down -34%)
- South Korea: -$63 million (up 4.6%)
- Israel: -$62.9 million (down -1.1%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of cookies. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for cookies-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Cookies Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of cookies-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
- Benfel Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Turkey)
- Blue Dots SRO (Czech Republic)
- Dollaritemdirect.com Inc (United States)
- Gusti d’Italia SRL (Italy)
- Jens Schleicher GMBH (Germany)
- LA International Trading Ltd (United Kingdom)
- NV Solucious (Belgium)
- Petitki (Poland)
- Pt. Agel Langgeng (Indonesia)
- RYS Trading Company BV (Netherlands)
See also Chocolate Exporters by Country, Candy Sweets Exports by Country , Soft Drinks Exporters by Country and Ice Cream Exporters by Country
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook. Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on October 24, 2024
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on October 24, 2024
Huffington Post, The Definitive List of America’s Favorite Cookies. Accessed on October 24, 2024
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