Comments for ALTADIS STILL A BILLION-SELLER IN CIGARS at http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/webapp , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/webapp Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:54:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/webapp/content/view/1144/27/#comment-21 I have a thought/question about the article dealing with what will happen if the Cuban embargo ends. It says that the big demand will be for Cuban tobacco rather than Cuban cigars themselves, and that factories in the Dominican Republic, Honduras and elsewhere will be using Cuban tobacco to produce their cigars for the American market. The article implies that these producers in other countries aren't already using Cuban-grown tobacco, but why would that be? Can't they use it for cigars sold in the European and Asian markets? Or is it that the American market is so big that it dictates the profitability of using Cuban leaves at all? It seems weird that all Cuban tobacco would be exported only in the form of completed cigars--Are they perhaps not growing enough for there to be a surplus to export as leaves only? Why would they boost production enough for a surplus only if the American market opened up? - Tim Fri, 02 May 2008 13:25:59 +0100