China's New E-cigarette Export Destinations in 2023

Market by Tobaccoreporter
May.29.2022
China saw a surge in e-cigarette exports in 2023, with the addition of 17 new destinations including Congo and Taiwan.

On October 20th, according to the updated trade data by the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, 2FIRSTS has compiled a list of 17 new export destinations for Chinese e-cigarettes in 2023, including countries and regions.


As follows:


Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Samoa, Benin, Dutch Saint Martin, China, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Gabon, Nicaragua, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, American Samoa.


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