New laws and the pandemic have made Cubans elusive for Americans yet again.
Can You Legally Buy Cuban Cigars in America?
The massive outbreaks of Covid-19 and its Omicron variant in Cuba have reduced the cigar factory workforce by as much as 50 percent. But because of their importance to Cuba’s economy, the government has exempted cigar factories from the lockdown demands placed upon other businesses. Still, although strict safety measures were implemented, social distancing is nearly impossible in some factories such as El Laguito, where the Cohiba brand is made and individual workspaces are small.
“Consumers have to switch brands and vitolas according to what is available, rather than their personal preferences, which are unlikely to be available,” notes Mitchell Orchant, Managing Director of C.Gars Ltd. London, one of the largest purveyors of Cuban cigars in England, and one of the UK.’s top Cuban cigar auction houses. “Larger formats have suffered most and the brand of Cohiba is almost non-existent in supply.
, where a box of Cohiba Double Coronas reached a new record price of $13,400, a box of Cohiba Sublimes sold for $12,600 and a sealed box of 25 Cohiba Coronas Especiales from the 1970s fetched almost $40,000.“I would look out for the late arrival of the 2020 Partagás Legado Edición Limitada and the UK regional edition Ramón Allones Private Stock, both rumored to be released sometime in the near future,” says Orchant, “though in what quantity we don’t know.
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