TobaccoHonduras as one of the major producing countries of the world cigar, more than the industry has for the first time to organize groups to marketing cigar. They said that Taiwan is an Asian market portal in Taiwan as a springboard to fit into the Chinese mainland and other Asian emerging markets.

Delegation to Taiwan to promote cigars, the cigar industry in Honduras on July 18 to 23, hope to build relationships with local importers, during the interview with this reporter.In addition to Honduras, the important cigar-producing countries, Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, especially the most famous Cuban cigars.

Gran Honduras Cigar Company Asia Pacific and Latin America sales manager Like (Sergio Villamizar Rico), they made a special trip to Taiwan to visit this emerging market, and meet with local cigar importers, exhibition products.

Don Humo cigars manager Lai Zila (Raxa-TzelLeitzelar) said, Asia is a huge wine, leather goods and other luxury goods market, and flood the country in the past the cigar industry to focus on U.S. and European markets only sell products through agents in Asia Now they hope to establish direct relations with Taiwan.

“Taiwan is a gateway to Asia,” said Lai Zila, through Taiwan, can be linked to is the rise of China and other Asian markets, which is much smaller than the risk of directly into the China market.

Even if the cigars in Asia is still a small group activity, Lai Zila said, the luxury market in Asia and Europe, the taste is similar, but more spending power in Asia, he was optimistic about the cigar of the Asian market.

On behalf of the the Lempira Puros company to Taiwan Shitefani (LucianoStefani), mainland China has a huge market, and Taiwan is an excellent springboard.

He said that really well-known Cuban cigar, handmade Honduran cigar, do not lose quality in Cuba, or even better, is also very strict quality control, the price is relatively close to the people, is now actively marketing the moment.

Rocky Patel brand wholesalers Guevara Darius (OscarValladares,) Honduran cigar competitiveness.

According to his observation, the U.S. and European markets are starting to change, the past, cigar store, 95 percent of the cigars from Cuba, and the other 5 percent from Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, about 60 percent of Cuban cigars, cigar proportion of other countries gradually increase.

According to the database of the Directorate General of Customs, Ministry of Finance, Taiwan last year, imports from Honduras cigar NT $ 936 thousand yuan, still a minor.

The main source of Taiwan’s imported cigars, including Cuban, Dominican and other countries, and the other imports through Germany or Belgium, worth about 72 million yuan.