10 Countries that Export the Most Tobacco in the World

5. India

Exported value: 638,724

Like in previously mentioned China, smoking death toll represents a pressing issue in the fifth country on our list of 10 countries that export the most tobacco in the world. At the beginning of this year, the government introduced new packaging rules concerning health warnings. Major tobacco companies first responded by shutting down factories and then by suing the government while claiming that industry lost $850 million because of the new rules. The total worth of tobacco industry in India is $11 billion, and the country exported 205,611 tons of the crop to about 100 countries. The leading importers of Indian tobacco are Western and East Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.