Premium and machine made cigar imports up in October

(CigarCyclopedia) Imports of premium cigars into the United States showed surprising strength in October, with one of the strongest months of year, placing 2010 total very close to the pre-SCHIP figures from 2008.
U.S. Customs data presented by the Cigar Association of America showed that 28.65 million premium cigars entered the U.S. in October as retailers geared up for the holiday selling season. That was an impressive 46.8% higher than the October 2009 total, when distributor warehouses were still cycling through the enormous inventories of pre-SCHIP cigars acquired before that tax went into effect on April 1, 2009. Continued