TOBACCO TRAVELLER – COLLECTION 2009 – CUBA
November 1st, 2009
BY LIZ HALL
THE SPREAD of smoking bans, the economic crisis and the flattening of Cuba's tobacco crops in August and September 2008 by hurricanes Ike and Gustav have taken their toll on sales of Cuban cigars.
Demand worldwide was expected to be down 15% in 2009, according to a report from the Cuban National Statistics Office (ONE) published in October 2009. In 2008, Cuba sold around US$390 million (Euro 260.4 million) worth of cigars but demand dropped by 3% from 2007, said the report.
Cuban cigar brands Cohíba, Montecristo, Trinidad and Partagás (NOTE - ...
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