Casa Cuevas Increasing Prices on Core Lines

Casa Cuevas has announced that it will be increasing the prices on its core lines as it aims to keep up with rising costs that are affecting nearly every aspect of the cigar manufacturing process.

“The price of everything has gone up,” Luis Cuevas Jr. told halfwheel. He noted that rollers are charging more, which is being driven by a shortage of workers for that position. The cost of living in the Dominican Republic has increased, which has led to increased wages for other people in the factory, such as those who handle packaging, deveining of leaves, sorting, and so on.

In addition to the cost of labor, the cost of raw materials has increased, Cuevas said. This includes both the cost to grow and process tobacco, as well as the cost to get it from its country of origin to the company’s factory in the Dominican Republic.

As a result, the company is increasing the wholesale cost of its regular production, core line cigars by seven percent, while leaving the cost of its limited editions the same.

“We are keeping everything else the same in order not to be abusive with our customers, and because, while the profit margins are lower, it makes sense to try to keep the shop keepers happy and, by default, the consumers as well,” Cuevas said in an e-mail to halfwheel.

While a select group of companies—notably Altadis U.S.A. and Davidoff of Geneva USA—announced price increases in Q3 and earlier in Q4, most cigar companies announce their price increases around the new year. Below is a list of companies that have announced whether they will have a price increase heading into 2024.

Company	Price Increase?
ADV & McKay Cigar Co.	Yes
AGANORSA Leaf	Yes
AJ Fernandez	Yes
All Saints Cigars	Yes
Altadis U.S.A.	Yes
Arango	No
Artesano del Tobacco	No
ATL Cigar Co.	No
Bellatto Premium Cigars	Yes
Black Label Trading Co.	Yes
Black Star Line Cigars	No
Boveda	Yes
Caldwell Cigar Co.	Yes
Casa Caraballo	No
Casa Cuevas	Yes
Colibri	No
Crowned Heads	No
Dapper Cigar Co.	Yes
Davidoff of Geneva	Yes
Drew Estate	Yes
E.P. Carrillo	Yes
El Septimo	No
Espinosa Premium Cigars	No
Esteban Carreras	Yes
Fosforo	Yes
Freud Cigar Co.	No
Habanos S.A.	Yes
HVC	Yes
Iconic Leaf	No
Jake Wyatt Cigar Co.	No
Kafie 1901	No
KBF	No
Kristoff	No
La Aurora	Yes
Lampert Cigars	No
Lost&Found	Yes
Lotus/Vertigo	No
My Father	No
Ohana Nui	No
Oliva	Yes
Patina	Yes
Perdomo	Yes
Potter Cigars	No
Powstanie	Yes
Principle Cigars	No
Rocky Patel	Yes
RoMa Craft Tobac	Yes
Santa Clara	No
Sinistro	Yes
Somm	No
Southern Draw	Yes
Stolen Throne	No
Sutliff	No
Tabanero Cigar Co.	No
Tatuaje	No
Vector-KGM	No
Villiger Cigars North America	Yes
Warfighter Cigar Co.	No