今年以来，美国进口优质手工雪茄的数量给人留下深刻印象。最新数据显示，8月份当月雪茄进口增长了17%，其中进口涨幅最大的是多米尼加雪茄。

8月份，多米尼加雪茄出口到美国的数量是1270万支，同比增长39%。阿图罗富恩特、古巴荣耀、多米尼加之花等品牌是该国雪茄的主要品牌。

美国雪茄市场上的大部分雪茄产自尼加拉瓜，8月份出口到美国的雪茄数量是1930万支，同比增长了5.6%。这里孕育了帕德龙、奥利瓦、普拉森西亚等很多雪茄品牌。

洪都拉斯8月份出口到美国的雪茄数量是790万支，同比增长了15.5%，这个中美洲国家拥有非古潘趣、CLE等雪茄品牌。

2021年前三个季度，美国优质雪茄进口量同比增长了48.5%，目前还有三个月的数据没有出来。前三个季度的进口量已经达到了2.94亿支，接近3亿支。几乎可以肯定，美国的雪茄进口量将连续九年超过3亿支。这种趋势还将继续。

2020年，美国雪茄进口量是3.613亿支，如果按照近期的同比增长率来测算，美国2021年全年的雪茄进口量可能超过5亿支，但因为2020年底美国的进口量非常大，今年年底的进口量恐怕无法超越2020年底的同期水平。

雪茄行业的高管们都表示，2021年的销售量非常强劲。

阿什顿雪茄销售公司的萨蒂亚·莱文说，整个行业在以一种我们从未见过的方式增长，希望整个势头可以尽可能的持续下去。

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Imports of premium, handmade cigars continue to impress. The latest figures showed a 17 percent increase for the month of August, with the biggest gains coming from the Dominican Republic.

Dominican shipments soared in August, increasing 39 percent to 12.7 million units. The country is home to such major brands as Arturo Fuente, La Gloria Cubana and La Flor Dominicana.

Nicaragua, the leading producer of cigars for the U.S. market, had a 5.6 percent gain, rising to 19.3 million cigars. It’s where Padrón, Oliva, Plasencia and so many other brands are rolled.

Honduran shipments were up 15.5 percent, to 7.9 million cigars. The Central American country is home to such brands as Punch and CLE.

For the first three quarters of 2021, premium cigar imports rose by 48.5 percent. With a full quarter of reporting left in the year, imports were at 294 million cigars, oh so close to the magic 300 million number. For nine years in a row, cigar imports have hit or exceeded 300 million units, and it’s certain that this streak will continue.

In 2020, 361.3 million cigars were shipped to the United States. If the most recent rate of growth can be maintained—quite a big if—final import numbers for 2021 could exceed 500 million units. But that’s not likely, as the end of 2020 saw incredibly robust import numbers, numbers that would be hard to match later this year.

Still, cigar industry executives say that sales are booming in 2021.

“The industry now is growing in a way we haven’t seen since the boom,” said Sathya Levin of Ashton Distributors. “We want to keep that momentum going as long as possible.”