Unmanufactured tobacco — Import quantity by country
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.
Countries reporting
166
Highest
198,740 t
China
Lowest
0 t
Norway
Median
927.12 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,553
What the numbers show
Unmanufactured tobacco — Import quantity is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 198,740 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Norway.
The median across all reporting countries is 927.12 t, and the mean is 13,375 t.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 16,537.4%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 100.0%).
Unmanufactured tobacco — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 198,740 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 181,917 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 80,786 t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 171,463 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 53,432 t | 2023 | up 105.2% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 166,873 t | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 145,999 t | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 129,141 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 9,719 t | 2023 | up 87.4% | rising |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 123,534 t | 2023 | up 159.1% | volatile |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,209 t | 2023 | up 110.7% | rising |
| 8 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 72,604 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,827 t | 2023 | up 15,989.0% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 58,788 t | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,582 t | 2018 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 56,436 t | 2023 | down 76.6% | falling |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 1,392 t | 2023 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 52,764 t | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 615.41 t | 2023 | up 304.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Philippines | 51,561 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 44,120 t | 2023 | up 280.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Melanesia | 193.8 t | 2022 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 43,265 t | 2023 | up 241.5% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 97.24 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Greece | 38,601 t | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 0.18 t | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Caribbean | 47,512 t | 2023 | up 167.5% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 30,838 t | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.15 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Serbia | 25,306 t | 2023 | up 182.4% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 22,555 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 19,825 t | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 20 | Paraguay | 19,512 t | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 21 | Czechia | 19,400 t | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 22 | Ukraine | 17,402 t | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 23 | Brazil | 16,627 t | 2023 | up 45.8% | falling |
| 24 | Lithuania | 13,757 t | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 25 | China, Taiwan Province of | 13,596 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 13,519 t | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 12,883 t | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8,294 t | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 12,878 t | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 29 | Croatia | 11,509 t | 2023 | up 362.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Egypt | 11,320 t | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Switzerland | 10,877 t | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 10,702 t | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 33 | Nigeria | 10,344 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 34 | Malaysia | 10,086 t | 2023 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 9,516 t | 2023 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 9,140 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 37 | Canada | 8,577 t | 2023 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 38 | Yemen | 8,191 t | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 39 | Morocco | 8,025 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 40 | Nepal | 7,778 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 41 | Jordan | 6,990 t | 2023 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 42 | Kenya | 6,470 t | 2023 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 43 | Lebanon | 5,737 t | 2023 | up 206.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Armenia | 5,415 t | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 5,243 t | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 46 | Denmark | 4,829 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 4,602 t | 2023 | up 155.8% | rising |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 4,492 t | 2023 | up 16,537.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Sweden | 4,492 t | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 50 | Myanmar | 4,435 t | 2023 | up 482.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Pakistan | 4,111 t | 2023 | up 188.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 4,050 t | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 53 | Uruguay | 3,474 t | 2023 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 3,356 t | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 3,251 t | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 56 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3,228 t | 2023 | down 83.2% | falling |
| 57 | Oman | 2,796 t | 2023 | up 2,641.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Belarus | 2,756 t | 2023 | down 81.9% | falling |
| 59 | Algeria | 2,652 t | 2023 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 2,635 t | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Cambodia | 2,546 t | 2023 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 62 | India | 2,447 t | 2023 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Spain | 2,440 t | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 2,311 t | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Iraq | 2,219 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Thailand | 2,098 t | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 67 | Senegal | 1,831 t | 2023 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 68 | Mozambique | 1,318 t | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 1,180 t | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 70 | Uganda | 1,090 t | 2023 | up 3,306.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,067 t | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 72 | Haiti | 981.4 t | 2023 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 951.96 t | 2023 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 74 | Georgia | 946.41 t | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 907.83 t | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 767.22 t | 2023 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 77 | Colombia | 760.2 t | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Rwanda | 514.88 t | 2022 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Argentina | 411.94 t | 2023 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Cuba | 410.28 t | 2019 | up 366.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Angola | 356.48 t | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 82 | El Salvador | 355.09 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | flat |
| 83 | Bahamas | 313.88 t | 2023 | up 1,992.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Israel | 308.99 t | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Mauritania | 304.04 t | 2023 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Austria | 260.49 t | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 185.7 t | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 175.88 t | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Slovenia | 175.32 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Madagascar | 156.42 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 150.57 t | 2023 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Barbados | 137.22 t | 2023 | up 496.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Seychelles | 136.57 t | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Suriname | 107.65 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 100.7 t | 2022 | down 74.9% | falling |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 99.13 t | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 97.03 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 98 | Mauritius | 96.59 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Solomon Islands | 93.1 t | 2022 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Ecuador | 81.49 t | 2018 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 77.4 t | 2022 | up 287.0% | volatile |
| 102 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 75.96 t | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Bahrain | 70.12 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 104 | Namibia | 64.17 t | 2023 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Djibouti | 51.46 t | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Maldives | 48.27 t | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 107 | Libya | 43.27 t | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea | 38.7 t | 2023 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Kuwait | 37.83 t | 2023 | up 530.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Lesotho | 33.75 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Qatar | 32.55 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 112 | Comoros | 22.85 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Albania | 21.2 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 20.65 t | 2022 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Bhutan | 15.14 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.86 t | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.76 t | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Panama | 9.88 t | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.6 t | 2022 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 9 t | 2023 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovakia | 7.67 t | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | 5 t | 2022 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Australia and New Zealand | 5 t | 2022 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Belize | 4.21 t | 2023 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Guyana | 4.19 t | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Jamaica | 3.02 t | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.72 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Botswana | 2.3 t | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Ireland | 1.98 t | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 130 | China, Macao SAR | 1.26 t | 2018 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Gambia | 0.77 t | 2021 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 0.64 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Australia | 0.63 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Latvia | 0.45 t | 2022 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Malta | 0.37 t | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.23 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Niger | 0.21 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji | 0.17 t | 2021 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Peru | 0.12 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Grenada | 0.1 t | 2023 | down 95.0% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 0.08 t | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 0.06 t | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Liberia | 0.06 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Cyprus | 0.03 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Guatemala | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Zambia | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Finland | 0.01 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Iceland | 0.01 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Gabon | 0 t | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Ghana | 0 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Norway | 0 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.09 million t
- Asia 799,017 t
- Europe 956,754 t
- European Union (27) 841,525 t
- Western Europe 490,005 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 52,082 t
- Eastern Europe 307,573 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 47,910 t
- South-Eastern Asia 258,125 t
- Eastern Asia 252,304 t
- Western Asia 242,188 t
- Americas 227,214 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 154,889 t
- Southern Europe 136,020 t
- Northern America 124,875 t
- Middle Africa 356.88 t
- United States of America 116,298 t
- Africa 106,816 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 81,571 t
- South America 44,869 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 41,117 t
- Eastern Africa 35,513 t
- Southern Asia 28,648 t
- Northern Africa 27,284 t
- Northern Europe 23,156 t
- Southern Africa 22,664 t
- Western Africa 20,998 t
- Central Asia 17,752 t
- Central America 9,958 t
- Oceania 0.18 t
About this data
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.