Is Cigar Tobacco Grown in America?

[Amanda]

bigpoppapuff, I'm not sure how import duties affect cigar prices. Even after the recent Central American trade agreement, which will undoubtedly be bad business for various economic sectors, I don't know specifics on what level of tariffs are paid to get cigars from the Dominican Republic to the United States. If you or anybody else does, I'd love to know. If they tariffs are too high, then it would be cheaper to produce the cigars domestically. Certainly consumers of cigarettes are not better off now that Philip Morris and RJR are more dependent on imported tobacco for their product than they were 10 years ago.

[bigpoppapuff]

if you applied american labor to cigar making...your $5 cigars would be more than $100 ea...it can never happen...totally imposible...


this is why small cigar makers,such as la tradicion cubana,in miami,are opening small factories in the dom rep...

[Crickett]

From what I've heard, there are very few tariffs placed on tobacco from most of those areas. Those countries have zones which are duty free as long as the tobacco is grown for export, not for internal consumption (in the country).

Not to mention I believe that CAFTA would take care of any tariffs that were placed on exports from Central American countries.

bigpoppapuff, I'm not sure how import duties affect cigar prices. Even after the recent Central American trade agreement, which will undoubtedly be bad business for various economic sectors, I don't know specifics on what level of tariffs are paid to get cigars from the Dominican Republic to the United States. If you or anybody else does, I'd love to know. If they tariffs are too high, then it would be cheaper to produce the cigars domestically. Certainly consumers of cigarettes are not better off now that Philip Morris and RJR are more dependent on imported tobacco for their product than they were 10 years ago.