The pleasure of smoking a good tobacco is unchangeable for those cigars loves, and Dominican Republic has turned into a paradise for them lately. Nowadays, it is worldwide leader in tobacco exportation due to maximum quality; such leadership is recognized by the Tobacco Producers Association of different countries. An example statistic is October 2001 to October 2002: the country exported 256,300,000 cigars.
Dozens of new brands, most of them American brands, are created on the island and perspectives are pretty promising.
Dominican Cigars exhibit their main characteristic of good cigars: Combustion, texture, flavor, elasticity, smell, color and nicotine and oils balance.
It is important to know that the entire elaboration process influences the final product quality; from soils selection for the crops to the expertise of a craftsman. Tobacco must be very well harvested, well dried, well stored and well fermented.
In Dominican Republic they have established the main tobacco companies such as:
- Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cía (Producers of Hemingway and Opus X brands)
- Davidoff
- Ashton
- Hispano Europea de Tabacos (Producer of “El Coto”, “Curros” and “La Hoja” brands)
- Don Diego
- Dunhill
- Among others.
In thirty years Dominican tobacco manufacture has gained a wide reputation and it is one of the main sources of richness for the economy in Dominican Republic.
Some of the main costumer countries of our tobaccos are: United States, Spain, Morocco, Honduras, Holland, Germany and Belgium.
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