# Containing Tobacco Substitutes Inclu buyer markets and demand...

Italy is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $171.7M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | $171.7M | +65.6% | 11 | Germany |
| Egypt | $5.6M | -0.8% | 14 | Serbia |
| Malaysia | $3.7M | -34.8% | 12 | Philippines |
| South Sudan | $3.3M | +56.1% | 2 | United Rep. of Tanzania |
| Nigeria | $2.8M | +177.8% | 4 | USA |
| China | $2.3M | +1.4% | 9 | Malaysia |
| Turkey | $2.2M | +117% | 9 | Jordan |
| Mexico | $1.7M | +1.6% | 3 | USA |
| Croatia | $1.6M | +0.1% | 5 | Italy |
| France | $1.6M | +27.8% | 21 | Belgium |
| Jordan | $1.5M | +15.3% | 31 | Turkey |
| Lebanon | $1.5M | +477.2% | 3 | Jordan |
| United Arab Emirates | $1.1M | -22.3% | 15 | Jordan |
| Yemen | $1.0M | +204% | 5 | Jordan |
| Saudi Arabia | $986.5K | +5.7% | 7 | Jordan |
| Australia | $848.0K | +28% | 10 | Ireland |
| Kuwait | $829.5K | +10.8% | 8 | Jordan |
| Russia | $725.3K | +54.5% | 7 | Armenia |
| Dominican Republic | $709.9K | +1% | 3 | USA |
| Jamaica | $704.8K | +64.1% | 17 | Serbia |
| Libya | $621.4K | -4.4% | 3 | Jordan |
| India | $529.1K | -26.3% | 8 | Malaysia |
| Indonesia | $470.8K | -0.1% | 14 | Malaysia |
| USA | $455.0K | +9.3% | 20 | Republic of Korea |
| World excl. EU | $439.9K | -49.5% | 6 | USA |
| Syrian Arab Republic | $408.1K | -19.6% | 2 | Jordan |
| Israel | $379.6K | +15.3% | 9 | Canada |
| Colombia | $343.9K | +80% | 5 | USA |
| Central African Republic | $319.2K | +581.7% | 1 | Morocco |
| Bangladesh | $260.2K | -0% | 2 | Malaysia |
| Bahrain | $242.1K | +18.4% | 2 | Jordan |
| Panama | $231.2K | +19.4% | 5 | USA |
| Singapore | $227.3K | -43.2% | 12 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Thailand | $207.8K | -41.5% | 17 | Philippines |
| Argentina | $200.3K | +108.6% | 3 | USA |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 2023 | $141.8M | $63,005.07 |
| Egypt | 2023 | $9.6M | $51,577.19 |
| South Sudan | 2023 | $6.4M | $6,911.56 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | $4.4M | $6,885.53 |
| Jordan | 2023 | $3.9M | $51,212.31 |
| Croatia | 2023 | $3.6M | $255,481.95 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $2.6M | $46,048.93 |
| France | 2023 | $2.5M | $81,334.19 |
| China | 2023 | $2.4M | $32,055.15 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $2.0M | $62,978.92 |
| India | 2023 | $1.7M | $2,543.18 |
| USA | 2023 | $1.4M | $38,421.39 |
| Jamaica | 2023 | $1.2M | $24,729.68 |
| Australia | 2023 | $1.1M | $25,914.12 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $994.9K | $39,444.1 |
| Mauritius | 2023 | $751.7K | $48,060.16 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $698.3K | $28,061.28 |
| Nigeria | 2023 | $650.6K | $3,166.96 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $581.4K | $658,433.75 |
| Russia | 2023 | $577.1K | $24,193.86 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._