The first World Tobacco India 2010 is supported by the Tobacco Board of India, which is part of the Ministry of Trade and based in India's leading tobacco growing state, Andhra Pradesh.

India's tobacco industry
India is a large grower and exporter of tobacco. During 2008, overseas tobacco sales from India increased by 61% and net cigarette sales were reported to be increasing by 17.7% year-on-year. India's success as a tobacco grower and exporter is partly fuelled by the collapse of other grower economies, such as Zimbabwe.

Internal demand is drawn by a gradual move from 'bidis' to conventional, western style cigarettes. An estimated 600 billion bidis are consumed per year. These factors, combined with the expanding Indian economy make it an attractive market for overseas suppliers to the industry and the support from the Tobacco Board of India makes World Tobacco India 2010 a vital exhibition in which to participate.

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