美国雪茄协会（CAA）公布的数据显示，今年前五个月，尼加拉瓜向美国出口了8330万支手工雪茄，较去年增长了11.4%。

多米尼加的出口量为2090万支，同比下降了5.5%，洪都拉斯的出货量接近多米尼加，为2020万支，比去年同比增长1.3%。

进口量和销售量又是一回事，雪茄进口之后不意味着一定会被卖出。美国国内出售的高级雪茄有99%以上是在美国境外生产的，因为跟踪进口量是衡量雪茄市场表现的最佳指标。

2024年全年，美国一共进口了4.3亿支优质手工雪茄。

The U.S. market for premium, handmade cigars continues to impress. The numbers for the first five months of the year are in and they show a gain of 6.7 percent when compared to the same period of 2024. 

This follows the 2025 first-quarter report that showed an increase of 7.2 percent over Q1 of the previous year. The numbers come via the Cigar Association of America (CAA). 

Lead producer Nicaragua exported 83.3 million handmade cigars to the United States for the first five months of the year, up 11.4 percent over 2024 numbers. The Dominican Republic, which has ranked No. 2 for quite some time, showed a decrease of 5.5 percent to 20.9 million, according to the CAA, but it’s important to note that the CAA said the Dominican figures were an estimate, unlike the other country numbers. Honduras was very close to the Dominican Republic, according to the CAA, with shipments of 20.2 million cigars, up 1.3 percent from the same period in 2024.

Imports differ from sales, and just because a cigar is imported doesn’t mean it will sell. However, since more than 99 percent of handmade, premium cigars are made outside the United States, tracking the imports is the best barometer of how the cigar market is performing.

Last year, the United States imported 430 million premium, handmade cigars.