Cuba cigars: Current facts and 2 free eBooks for you
Cuba cigars and a few facts. Let's get started 🙂
This post was updated on 22.08.22.
The price increase in summer 2022
Certain brands or lines have cost more than double or triple in Switzerland since 01.06.22, and in Germany from 01.07.22. The official statement from 5TH Avenue reads:
"For 2022, they have been set taking into account the current challenging aspects affecting all sectors, including the luxury and premium cigar market, and a new strategy of global homogenization in the highest segment of the price pyramid. (Editor's note: You can find the PDF for the EUR prices at the bottom of the Resources section).
Cohiba's undisputed global leadership, the strengthening of its positioning through new, even more exclusive projects and the imbalance between supply (which is limited by the brand's unique characteristics) and the unstoppable demand for its vitolas make Habanos' number one brand not only the most exclusive premium cigar brand in the world, but also one of the most exclusive brands in all luxury sectors. Habanos, S.A. has decided to reinforce this positioning by standardizing Cohiba prices at a global level, using the UPE for Hong Kong as a reference.
This decision also applies to the Trinidad brand, which consolidates its position in the elite of Habanos brands by becoming the boutique brand of Habanos par excellence. Other vitolas and lines of excellence in brands such as Montecristo, Partagás or Romeo y Julieta are also raising the prices of some of their most exclusive items, similar to Cohiba and Trinidad, redefining the concept of luxury in the premium cigar sector."
The problems in the years 2020 to 2022
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, tourism also stayed away from Cuba at some point. The tourists brought a lot of foreign currency into the country, which Cuba urgently needed to buy goods. In 2021 and 2022, several million Cuban cigars were waiting to be exported, but there was no wood to make the boxes, no glue to assemble them and a lack of paper.
I have produced a 4-part internet talk on the subject of Cuba cigars. In part 4 we talk about the latest developments in Habanos cigars from around 1940 to summer 2022. The four-part series "The Habanos cigar" (all content online until the end of 2022) For this series, you can get the eBooks for each episode by registering for free at Zigarren.Zone Plus. You can find the registration form below, I would be very happy if you would like to use Zigarren.Zone Plus.
Original Cuba cigars
In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Poland, there are specialist retailers who have the status of "Habanos Point", "Habanos Specialist" or "La Casa del Habano".
Overview of specialist dealers in Switzerland, at the official importer Intertabak AG
I also wrote a series about "Habanos Original Switzerland" in 2022. Specialist retailers are portrayed there.
Habanos Original: A portrait of Swiss specialist retailers. Of course, there are also many other specialist retailers who do not have this status.
Parallel import Switzerland
This is permitted in Switzerland. But BEWARE: counterfeits are coming into the country. Well-known and reputable parallel importers are: Oettinger Davidoff, nivelacuso GmbH of The Royal Cigar Company, Wellauer. This list is incomplete. Before you buy Cuba cigars, make sure that they either come from Intertabak AG or from the parallel importers I have mentioned here. If you are unsure: please write me an email, I can help you: genuss@zigarren.zone or please read this page if you want to be sure that you have bought original goods.
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