自从1990年代美国的雪茄热以来，2021年是美国进口手工雪茄首次突破4亿支的一年。美国雪茄协会在2月22日公布的数据表明，去年11月份美国进口手工雪茄的数量同比增长7.4%。1到11月份累计进口量超过4.2亿支。这是1997年以来的罕见现象，1997年当年美国进口手工雪茄的数量达到了4.18亿支。
2021年1到11月份的进口量对比2020年全年的进口量，已经增长了33.5%。这个数据是在10月份进口数据发布仅仅几个小时后公布的。这也是2021年迄今为止最不令人印象深刻的一个月。
2021年美国进口雪茄的数据良好，国内高档雪茄行业表现强劲，尤其是2021年的最后几个月。特别是去年12月份，进口量同比增长71%。2020年美国的雪茄进口量是3.61亿支。
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For the first time since the 1990s cigar boom, imports of premium cigars to the United States have exceeded 400 million units. A good showing for the month of November pushed import numbers to 420 million units, a territory the cigar industry hasn’t seen since 1997, when nearly 418 million cigars were shipped.
The news, released late this afternoon by the Cigar Association of America, showed an increase of 7.4 percent for the month of November. For the year—and only 11 months have been tallied at this point—shipments are up 33.5 percent over 2020 numbers.
This report came mere hours after the release of October figures, which were the least impressive month of 2021 to date.
Last year was exceptionally strong in the premium cigar industry, particularly the closing months of the year. December, for example, had a 71 percent increase over 2020, taking imports to 361 million units.
