优质手工雪茄持续涌入美国，根据政府最新数据显示，截至2022年8月底，美国进口手工雪茄数量为3.07亿支，相比2021年同期的2.94亿支，同比增长了4.3%。

3亿这个数字曾经一度被认为是雪茄行业好年景的标杆，如今这个数字只是一个起点。

雪茄出口大国仍然是尼加拉瓜，今年前8个月，尼加拉瓜出口到美国的手工雪茄数量是1.67亿支，比2021年前8个月增长8.9%。根据美国雪茄协会公布的数据，多米尼加出口到美国的雪茄数量排名第二，为8460万支。洪都拉斯排名第三，数量为5440万支。多米尼加、洪都拉斯的出口美国雪茄数量和去年比较，数量持平。

2021年，美国进口优质手工雪茄的数量是4.56亿支，这是1997年以来的最高数量。如果在今年剩余时间还保持这个增速，今年美国进口雪茄的数量将达到4.75亿支，到年底还有四个月的数据，我们拭目以待。

Imported handmade, premium cigars continue to pour into the United States, with the latest government figures showing continued growth. For the first eight months of 2022, ending in August, more than 307 million handmade cigars were shipped to the United States, an increase of 4.3 percent when compared to the same period in 2021, when 294 million cigars were shipped.

The number 300 million was once considered the benchmark for a good year in the cigar business; now it’s just a starting point.

Market leader Nicaragua continues to be red hot, shipping 167 million cigars through August, up 8.9 percent over the first eight months of 2021. Shipments from the Dominican Republic, the No. 2 producer, and Honduras, which ranks third, were relatively flat, at 84.6 million and 54.4 million, respectively, according to data from the Cigar Association of America.

In 2021, premium cigar shipments hit 456 million cigars, a number not seen since 1997. Should this pace of growth be maintained for the remainder of the year, shipments would amount to 475 million cigars, but four months of data remain.