TIL The East India Company did not carry or sell the opium to China itself because of the Chinese ban, instead the company dominated the Indian production end and monopolized the supply, selling it to private traders/smugglers who actually did the selling, not unlike China on fentanyl issue today.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/opium-trade
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