- In September, China exported e-cigarettes to US$898 million, a month-on-month increase of 2.36% from US$877 million in the previous month, and a year-on-year decrease of 8.29%. This also interrupted the continuous decline in monthly export volume since May this year.
- In August, China exported e-cigarettes to Indonesia to approximately US$7.43 million, a month-on-month increase of 20.14%, and a year-on-year increase of 5.42%. The export volume was approximately 113 tons, a month-on-month increase of 33.97%, and a year-on-year increase of 22.97%. The export unit price was US$65.86/kg. A month-on-month decrease of 10.32% and a year-on-year decrease of 14.27%.
- According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, China’s e-cigarettes have beenexported to 17 new countries/regions in 2023, including Congo, Mauritania, Samoa, etc.
- NJOY, a subsidiary of Altria, filed a lawsuit against 34 manufacturers, distributors and online retailers in China and the United States, accusing them of illegally selling disposable vapesand violating the laws of California and other places.
- Philip Morris International’s net income in the third quarter of 2023 was US$9.14 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%. Shipments of heated tobacco products, including vapes, increased 18% in the quarter.
- Canadian Tobacco, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, is secretly conducting a boycott of the “ban on flavored vapes”.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that will impose fines of up to 25,000 rubles on individuals transporting unlabeled nicotine-containing products (such as e-cigarettes) in excess of permitted limits.