Tobacco Price

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"World" is the global benchmark price (World Bank Pink Sheet, monthly since 1960, where available). Currency conversion uses monthly ECB reference rates since 1999 (some currencies joined later) — for comparison, not precise historical FX accounting.

Top Producers

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	China	2,296,700 t
2	India	727,361 t
3	Brazil	681,399 t
4	Indonesia	286,510 t
5	Zimbabwe	194,828 t
6	United States	194,480 t
7	Pakistan	151,865 t
8	Tanzania	122,859 t
9	Malawi	120,056 t
10	North Korea	87,716 t
11	Argentina	87,410 t
12	Bangladesh	86,583 t
13	Türkiye	85,510 t
14	Thailand	66,438 t
15	Mozambique	65,800 t
16	Philippines	53,891 t
17	Vietnam	38,694 t
18	Zambia	32,449 t
19	Uganda	31,849 t
20	Yemen	31,724 t
21	Guatemala	30,747 t
22	Laos	30,655 t
23	Italy	29,010 t
24	South Korea	28,010 t
25	Canada	27,777 t
26	Myanmar (Burma)	26,828 t
27	North Macedonia	23,713 t
28	Ecuador	20,862 t
29	Iran	20,808 t
30	Mexico	18,233 t
31	Poland	17,400 t
32	Cambodia	12,550 t
33	Dominican Republic	12,522 t
34	Spain	12,380 t
35	Kenya	12,323 t
36	Cuba	12,248 t
37	Greece	12,060 t
38	Algeria	11,223 t
39	Lebanon	10,501 t
40	South Africa	9,514 t
41	Japan	8,722 t
42	Sri Lanka	8,623 t
43	Côte d’Ivoire	8,142 t
44	Syria	7,792 t
45	Nicaragua	7,786 t
46	Serbia	7,397 t
47	Cameroon	6,445 t
48	Azerbaijan	6,336 t
49	Honduras	5,853 t
50	Nigeria	5,569 t

FAOSTAT production data, 2023.

Top Importers

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	China	181,917 t
2	Germany	171,463 t
3	Belgium	166,873 t
4	Poland	145,999 t
5	Indonesia	129,141 t
6	United Arab Emirates	123,534 t
7	United States	116,298 t
8	Türkiye	80,786 t
9	Netherlands	72,604 t
10	France	58,788 t
11	Russia	57,388 t
12	South Korea	54,660 t
13	Philippines	51,561 t
14	Vietnam	49,324 t
15	Italy	44,120 t
16	Dominican Republic	43,265 t
17	Greece	38,601 t
18	Japan	31,993 t
19	Romania	30,838 t
20	Serbia	25,306 t
21	South Africa	22,555 t
22	Bulgaria	19,825 t
23	Paraguay	19,511 t
24	Czechia	19,400 t
25	Ukraine	17,402 t
26	Brazil	16,627 t
27	Lithuania	13,757 t
28	Taiwan	13,596 t
29	Hungary	13,519 t
30	Portugal	12,883 t
31	Kazakhstan	12,878 t
32	Croatia	11,509 t
33	Egypt	11,320 t
34	Switzerland	10,877 t
35	Malawi	10,702 t
36	Nigeria	10,344 t
37	Malaysia	10,086 t
38	Iran	9,719 t
39	Zimbabwe	9,516 t
40	Luxembourg	9,140 t
41	Canada	8,577 t
42	Côte d’Ivoire	8,294 t
43	Yemen	8,210 t
44	Morocco	8,025 t
45	Tunisia	7,935 t
46	Nepal	7,778 t
47	Singapore	7,332 t
48	Jordan	6,990 t
49	Kenya	6,470 t
50	Lebanon	5,737 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

Top Exporters

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	Brazil	476,566 t
2	India	262,862 t
3	Zimbabwe	225,929 t
4	Belgium	173,964 t
5	China	171,942 t
6	United States	114,049 t
7	Malawi	106,451 t
8	Tanzania	82,050 t
9	Italy	57,572 t
10	Argentina	50,787 t
11	Germany	48,961 t
12	Türkiye	46,635 t
13	Bangladesh	44,936 t
14	Mozambique	39,860 t
15	Greece	36,860 t
16	Zambia	36,847 t
17	Netherlands	31,860 t
18	Indonesia	27,805 t
19	Philippines	26,180 t
20	Pakistan	23,653 t
21	Poland	23,028 t
22	Bulgaria	21,703 t
23	United Arab Emirates	20,121 t
24	Canada	19,231 t
25	North Macedonia	17,332 t
26	Spain	17,110 t
27	Guatemala	13,270 t
28	Croatia	13,239 t
29	Thailand	11,463 t
30	Uganda	10,838 t
31	France	7,916 t
32	Vietnam	7,505 t
33	Japan	7,416 t
34	Dominican Republic	6,757 t
35	Singapore	6,678 t
36	Iran	5,639 t
37	Serbia	5,589 t
38	Ecuador	4,668 t
39	Honduras	3,961 t
40	Paraguay	3,389 t
41	Congo - Kinshasa	3,207 t
42	Azerbaijan	3,020 t
43	Uzbekistan	2,655 t
44	Kazakhstan	2,634 t
45	Afghanistan	2,444 t
46	South Korea	2,163 t
47	South Africa	1,816 t
48	Lebanon	1,786 t
49	Nicaragua	1,702 t
50	Cambodia	1,573 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

About Tobacco

A cash crop grown for cigarettes and other tobacco products. China, India, Brazil and the US are the largest producers. Tobacco has no single global benchmark the way grains do, so the price tracked here is the US import unit value — an average price across all tobacco entering the US.

Latest World price (2025-10): +18% vs. the 5-year average, +24% vs. the 10-year average, -2% vs. a year ago.