Effective April 16, A.J. Fernandez Cigars will increase prices on its Last Call and New World brands. In an email sent to retailers, the company indicated the brands would see an increase due to “costs of manufacturing and FDA user fees.”

Last Call—in both Habano and Maduro forms—will increase by 50 cents for the most part. Some sizes will see MSRPs increase a bit more, 54 or 56 cents, but its largely a half dollar increase.

For New World, it will be at least one dollar more per cigar once the increase goes into effect. The Oscuro line will now range from $7.40-$8.30, while the Connecticut vitolas will be priced from $6.70-$7.40. That represents a minimum increase of $1.02, while the Last Call Gordo increased by $1.06 per cigar.

Last Call will be increasing in price for the first time, though New World prices were increased roughly 10 percent last year.

CompanyPrice Increase
A.J. FernandezPrice Increase
Alec BradleyNot Announced
AltadisPrice Increase
Arturo FuentePrice Increase
AshtonNot Announced
DavidoffNo Increase
Drew EstatePrice Increase
GeneralPrice Increase
GurkhaPrice Increase
J.C. NewmanNot Announced
La PalinaNot Announced
LFDNot Announced
Miami Cigar & Co.No Increase
My FatherNot Announced
Nat ShermanNo Increase
OlivaPrice Increase
PadrónPrice Increase
PerdomoPrice Increase
QuesadaNo Increase
Rocky PatelNot Announced
TatuajeNo Increase
VenturaNot Announced
Last Updated: June 18, 2018
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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.