China Customs: E-Cig Export Drops by 6.67% in June

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Jul.24.2023

China Customs: E-Cig Export Drops by 6.67% in June

China's exports of e-cigarette products (e-cigarettes and similar personal electronic atomisation devices, other nicotine-containing non-combustible smoking products, the same below) in June 2023 were valued at USD $941,808,968.

On 21 July, China's General Administration of Customs updated its June 2023 e-cigarette export trade data. The data show that the export value of China's e-cigarette products (e-cigarettes and similar personal electronic atomisation devices, other nicotine-containing products not intended for smoking by combustion, hereinafter the same) in June 2023 was US$941,808,968.

Compared with May, the export value of electronic cigarettes decreased by 6.67%; compared with the same period in 2022, it is increased by 10.27%.

China Customs: E-Cig Export Drops by 6.67% in June — China E-Cig Exports | 2FIRSTS (Mincy Jiang)

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