Cuban cigars supply insights

[naim_yazbeck]

I'm curious to know if anyone is seeing an improvement in supply. Lately, I've tried multiple places, except a B&M in Switzerland (but with crazy prices), and I am seeing a worse supply, especially for anything larger than a Robusto size ( a few HdM Epi 2 at $US30+ were available).

 

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[Li Bai]

Still very low supplies here in France 🥲

[Stevieboy]

Spain is pretty low on stock. I've been to Barcelona, Seville, Cordoba, Málaga over the last year and hardly anything of note. Lots of small Cohiba, RyJ Cupidos, Trinidad gathering dust at huge prices. I came back from BCN recently with only 30 cigars (mostly NCs) and I usually max out my allowance of 100...not so this time.

[Garand]

In Germany it depends. Shops get delivery once a week, so you have to be fast to get anything nice. 

[Ciscojohansson]

Same in Scandinavia. They deliver often, but small amounts and everything larger than PC sell out. Cupidos, Chinese New Year line, Trinidad, Linea de Oro, small Cohiba etc. sit on the shelves. The Chinese Line seems to be a big fail, at least in this part of the world.

[Skm672]

Spain has some inventory. I went to a famous shop in Madrid that was well stocked but unfortunately even for a box of Regional Editions, which he has plenty of, he asks you to buy a Cohiba Siglo D’oro. 

I had better luck with other Estancos. 

 

[El Presidente]

Patchy globally. 

Some regions have far better supply than others. If I was conspiratorial, I would be thinking that stock is being used as both the carrot and stick to bring agitators into line. 

[JV0505]

I’ve noticed that a lot of the more expensive sticks have more availability than normal production. 

[mtapia3]

I was in Havana a few weeks ago, and the shelves are still mostly empty in the shops there. I was hoping to find a little more quantity and selection given it was the week of the Partagas Festival, but there was no such luck. 

Interestingly enough, I saw a group of Asian gentlemen at the airport, leaving the country with stacks of cases displaying the Habanos insignia 🤔