Cigar Imports Show Signs of Cooling Down

Albert Baird Cummins

(Cigar Aficionado) After four years of impressive growth, the U.S. market for premium, handmade cigars is showing signs of slowing. The latest import figures, released today by the Cigar Association of America, showed that shipments dropped 13.7 percent in the month of October, and decreased by 6.5 percent for the first 10 months of 2019. Shipments from Honduras showed the steepest decline. Continued