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2401

Heading in chapter 24 — Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Unmanufactured tobacco

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

$1.4BIndia’s exports in 2025
78countries bought from India in 2025
1.7×change since 2013 ($843M)
72%of chapter 24 exports

India’s exports, year by year

US$, calendar years, all destinations combined. Source: UN Comtrade (India’s own reports).

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. Belgium
  2. United Arab Emirates
  3. Indonesia
  4. Russian Federation
  5. Armenia
  6. Türkiye
  7. Netherlands
  8. Egypt
  9. France
  10. Rep. of Korea

Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.

What's inside 2401

3 codes India exports
2401.20Tobacco partly or wholly stemmed or stripped$1.3B in 2025 — 92% of the total2401.10Tobacco, not stemmed or stripped$74M in 2025 — 5% of the total2401.30Tobacco refuse$35M in 2025 — 2% of the total

Other codes in chapter 24

2403Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes$424M in 20252402Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes$136M in 2025