Got it!
The kernel is using nftables already by default, had to go for legacy support:
cho@nanopim4:~$ sudo update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy
update-alternatives: using /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy to provide /usr/sbin/iptables (iptables) in manual mode
cho@nanopim4:~$ sudo iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.ipv4.nat
cho@nanopim4:~$ sudo iptables -S -v
-P INPUT ACCEPT -c 76 4801
-P FORWARD ACCEPT -c 0 0
-P OUTPUT ACCEPT -c 76 14496
-A FORWARD -i eth0 -o wlan0 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -c 0 0 -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -i wlan0 -o eth0 -c 0 0 -j ACCEPT
It works now Thx!