As the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) writes, the key chocolate producer in the world is Germany with exports of 5.685 million tons of chocolate. Belgium and Italy are among the top three producers of chocolate. Belgium sells 2.8 million chocolates a year, while Italy - 2.4 tons.

Among Georgia's neighboring and post-Soviet countries, Turkey is on the AAWE's list. It ranks 11th and sells 841.8 tons of chocolate per year; Russia ranks 14th in the chocolate export ranking and sells 590 tons of chocolate per year;  Ukraine ranks 33th with 143.6 tons; Kazakhstan - 52nd (47 tons); Armenia - 60th (22.9 tons); Azerbaijan - 60th (12 tons); Uzbekistan - 71st (11.5 tons); Georgia - 83rd (4.2 tons); Kyrgyzstan - 91st (1.3 tons).

The ten largest producers of chocolate in the world are as follows:

Germany - 5.685 million tons;

Belgium - 2.8 million tons;

Italy - 2.4 million tons;

Poland - 2.356 million tons;

The Netherlands - 2.246 million tons;

Canada - 1.970 million tons;

The USA - 1.735 million tons;

France - 1.443 million tons;

The United Kingdom - 1.010 million tons;

Switzerland - 881 million tons.