10月11日,，美國(guó)雪茄協(xié)會(huì)發(fā)布了最新的進(jìn)口數(shù)據(jù)，2024年上半年美國(guó)手工雪茄的進(jìn)口量增長(zhǎng)了1.6%,，達(dá)到了1.917億支,。
對(duì)比2023年上半年的1.887億支進(jìn)口量，增幅雖然不算很大,，但更重要的是實(shí)現(xiàn)了正增長(zhǎng),。幾年來(lái)，行業(yè)人士認(rèn)為疫情期間突然膨脹的雪茄消費(fèi)需求有可能會(huì)收縮,，但是,，數(shù)據(jù)表明，臆想的消費(fèi)收縮一直沒(méi)有出現(xiàn),。過(guò)去四年中,，雪茄出貨量一直強(qiáng)勁，達(dá)到了20世紀(jì)90年代美國(guó)雪茄熱以來(lái)的最高水平,。去年全年,，美國(guó)一共進(jìn)口了4.67億支手工雪茄，實(shí)現(xiàn)了連續(xù)第四年增長(zhǎng),。
美國(guó)進(jìn)口的雪茄中,，產(chǎn)地主要是尼加拉瓜、多米尼加,、洪都拉斯三個(gè)國(guó)家,。雖然古巴是主要雪茄生產(chǎn)國(guó)，但美國(guó)至今還保持對(duì)古巴商品的貿(mào)易禁運(yùn),，所以古巴雪茄無(wú)法在美國(guó)市場(chǎng)合法銷售,。目前進(jìn)口雪茄中,，尼加拉瓜的產(chǎn)量最大，其次是多米尼加,，這兩個(gè)國(guó)家的進(jìn)口量比去年都有所增長(zhǎng),，洪都拉斯的進(jìn)口量相對(duì)有所下滑。
Imports of handmade, premium cigars continue to stay strong. According to new government data released today by the Cigar Association of America, imports of handmade cigars rose by 1.6 percent in the first half of the year, to 191.7 million cigars. In the first half of 2023, 188.7 million cigars were shipped.
The amount of gain is modest—it's more important that there was a gain at all. For years, people have been waiting for the contraction of a market that swelled during the pandemic. It just hasn’t come. Cigar sales began to boom during the pandemic, and for the past four years shipments have been robust, reaching levels not seen since the 1990s cigar boom. Last year, 467 million handmade cigars were shipped to the United States, the fourth consecutive year of growth.
Three countries—Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Honduras—account for most of the production. (Cuba is a major cigarmaker, but the U.S. embargo on Cuban goods keeps any Cuban cigars from being legally sold on the U.S. market.) Market leader Nicaragua and No. 2 producer the Dominican Republic both had a rise in shipments, while No. 3 Honduras showed a decrease compared to the first half of 2023.
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