Habanos S.A.
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Habanos S.A. is a
Ownership of Habanos S.A. is split equally between state-owned Cubatabaco and privately held Spanish-based tobacco giant Altadis.[2] The company commercialises the brands Cohiba, Montecristo, Bolívar, and Romeo y Julieta, amongst others.
Overview
The word habanos (not normally capitalised) means literally (something) from Havana, and is the word used in the Spanish-speaking world for Havana cigars and, sometimes, cigars in general. Habanos S.A. owns the trademarks of every brand of Cuban-made cigars and
In 2000, the Franco-Spanish tobacco giant
In May 2019, Imperial Tobacco announced their intention to sell their premium cigar division, including their share in Habanos S.A.[1][6][7] One year later, Imperial Brands announced the sale of Habanos S.A. through two different transactions for a total of €1,225 million. Firstly the U.S.-based business, "Premium Cigar USA" will be sold to Gemstone Investment Holding Ltd., while second Allied Cigar Corp. will acquire Imperial Brands' cigar business in the rest of the world, "Premium Cigar RoW".[1][8]
Habanos S.A. brands
Habanos currently has 27 brands of handmade cigars, all of them within the Habanos Protected Appellations of Origin:[9]
Global brands:
- Cohiba
- Montecristo
- Romeo y Julieta
- Partagás
- Hoyo de Monterrey
- H. Upmann
High value portfolio brands:
- Trinidad
- Bolívar
- Punch
- Quai d'Orsay
- Ramón Allones
Volume portfolio brands:
Other brands:
- Cuaba
- San Cristóbal de La Habana
- Fonseca
- Vegas Robaina
- Diplomáticos
- El Rey del Mundo
- Juan López
- La Flor de Cano
- La Gloria Cubana
- Por Larrañaga
- Rafael González
- Saint Luis Rey
- Sancho Panza
Distributors and countries of distribution
Distributor[10] | Country of distribution |
---|---|
Barone Tobacco Trading Limited | Israel |
The Cigar Company (SA) (PTY) LTD | South Africa |
Phoenicia Trading T.A.A. (CYPRUS) LTD. | Lebanon, Syria, Republic of Ukraine, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Malta, Jordan, Oman, Cyprus, Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa (except Algeria, Morocco and South Africa), Greece, Pakistan, Kuwait, Yemen and Turkey. |
Société Marocaine des Tabacs | Morocco |
Caribbean Cigars Corporation N.V. | Panama, British Virgin Islands, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, St. Martin, St. Maarten, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Bonaire, Haiti, St. Eustatius, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Curaçao, French Guiana, Anguilla, Montserrat, Martinique, Grenada, Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. |
Caribe Imports S.A.S. | Colombia |
Cruz Canela & Trust G B Sociedad Anónima | Costa Rica and Nicaragua |
Dalso S.R.L. | Dominican Republic |
Emporium Cigars Importação e Comercialização de Tabaco Ltda. | Brazil |
Havana House Cigars and Tobacco Merchants Ltd. | Canada |
Puro Tabaco S.A. | Argentina, Chile and Uruguay |
Vegas del Caribe S.A.C. | Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia |
Importadora y Exportadora de Puros y Tabacos, S.A. DE C.V.(I.E.P.T.) | Mexico |
Kukenan Tobacco Trading C.A. | Venezuela |
Habanos, S.A. | Cuba |
The Pacific Cigar Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Fiji Islands, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, Macau, Maldives, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Vanuatu, North Korea, Bhutan, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, East Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu and Marshall Islands and Palau. |
RAAS Intratech PVT. Ltd. | India |
Infifon Hong Kong Limited | China |
Laguito 1492 | Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg |
Fifth Avenue Products Trading, GMBH | Germany, Austria and Poland |
Habanos Nordic AB | Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. |
Empor Importacao & Exportacao, S.A. | Portugal |
Diadema S.P.A. | Italy, Vatican and San Marino |
Kaliman Caribe | Bulgaria, Albania, Armenia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Georgia. |
Hunters & Frankau | United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Gibraltar and the Republic of Ireland |
Maori Tabacs S.A. | Andorra |
Tabacalera S.L.U. | Spain except for the Canary Islands |
Tabak Invest A.S. | Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary |
Castilia Trading & Investments Limited | Palestine |
Intertabak, A.G. | Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
Cuba Cigar, S.L.U. | Canary Islands |
Coprova, S.A.S. | France, Algeria and Monaco |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Imperial Brands vende su negocio de cigarros by Ingrid Rojas on Lex Latin, 30 Jun 2020
- ^ ISBN 9781136481024.
- ISBN 9781604336207.
- ^ "How JFK snagged 1,200 Cuban cigars before the trade embargo". IrishCentral.com. 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ Inc, M. Shanken Communications. "A Message for America". Cigar Aficionado.
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- ^ Imperial Brands vende negocio de puros on Europa Press, 27 May 2020
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