# Tobacco, smoking (HS4 2403) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Tobacco, smoking at HS4 2403, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The tobacco, smoking subsector recorded $12.8B in reported global trade in 2024, with +0.6% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $12.8B |
| Latest annual change | +0.6% |
| Active exporters | 156 |
| Active importers | 197 |
| Active HS6 products | 4 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $1.3B | 1,384 | 4 |
| 1996 | $1.3B | 1,536 | 4 |
| 1997 | $1.3B | 1,554 | 4 |
| 1998 | $1.4B | 1,524 | 4 |
| 1999 | $1.8B | 1,620 | 4 |
| 2000 | $1.9B | 1,708 | 4 |
| 2001 | $1.8B | 1,846 | 4 |
| 2002 | $1.9B | 1,996 | 4 |
| 2003 | $2.1B | 2,033 | 4 |
| 2004 | $2.4B | 2,091 | 4 |
| 2005 | $2.4B | 2,194 | 4 |
| 2006 | $2.5B | 2,254 | 4 |
| 2007 | $2.7B | 2,329 | 4 |
| 2008 | $3.0B | 2,414 | 4 |
| 2009 | $3.3B | 2,437 | 4 |
| 2010 | $3.7B | 2,529 | 4 |
| 2011 | $4.4B | 2,598 | 4 |
| 2012 | $5.0B | 2,764 | 4 |
| 2013 | $5.4B | 2,923 | 4 |
| 2014 | $5.6B | 3,004 | 4 |
| 2015 | $5.1B | 3,313 | 4 |
| 2016 | $5.9B | 3,232 | 4 |
| 2017 | $7.3B | 3,152 | 4 |
| 2018 | $7.8B | 3,577 | 4 |
| 2019 | $8.8B | 3,540 | 4 |
| 2020 | $9.9B | 3,412 | 4 |
| 2021 | $11.1B | 3,519 | 4 |
| 2022 | $10.8B | 3,773 | 4 |
| 2023 | $12.2B | 3,907 | 4 |
| 2024 | $12.8B | 3,820 | 4 |

## Leading corridors

- Italy to Japan: $1.1B; growth -15.4%.
- Romania to Japan: $595.4M; growth +40.3%.
- Republic of Korea to Japan: $487.5M; growth +11%.
- Greece to Japan: $373.3M; growth +10.5%.
- Netherlands to Germany: $332.4M; growth +10.8%.
- Sweden to Norway: $262.3M; growth -8.5%.
- Serbia to Algeria: $243.3M; growth +23.2%.
- Romania to Czechia: $235.0M; growth +10.4%.
- Germany to Italy: $228.4M; growth +52.5%.
- Germany to Poland: $214.8M; growth +4.1%.

## HS6 products

- Tobacco, smoking: whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion (HS6 240310)
- Tobacco: smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion (HS6 240311)
- Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion (HS6 240319)
- Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted (HS6 240391)
- Tobacco: other than homogenised or reconstituted or smoking (HS6 240399)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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