{"id":2827,"date":"2017-12-14T08:42:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2017-12-14T08:43:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:43:05","slug":"caribbean-cigar-makers-turn-to-the-european-and-chinese-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=2827","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Cigar Makers Turn to the European and Chinese Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede-large-content lede\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div class=\"lede-large-content__wrapper\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">\n<address class=\"lede-large-content__byline\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #767676;\">By<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #000000;\">Ezra Fieser<\/div>\n<\/address>\n<div class=\"lede-large-content__times\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><time class=\"article-timestamp\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" datetime=\"2017-08-10T14:09:16.869Z\" data-type=\"updated\" data-status=\"localized\">August 10, 2017, 7:09 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"abstract\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li class=\"abstract__item\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #3c3c3c;\">\n<div class=\"abstract__item-text\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">Specialty cigars being sold in Europe and Asia instead of U.S.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"abstract__item\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #3c3c3c;\">\n<div class=\"abstract__item-text\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">China set to overtake U.S. as world\u2019s biggest cigar consumer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"body-copy\" style=\"color: #3c3c3c;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">Radhames Rodriguez is using a rare tobacco and special wrapper to roll 50,000 of his new premium cigars, the Pulita, in the Dominican Republic. U.S. aficionados shouldn\u2019t get their hopes up though &#8212; the limited-edition cigar won\u2019t be on sale anywhere near them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"regwall\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-position=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">Named after Rodriguez\u2019s grandfather, who started the business sixty years ago, the Pulita will only be marketed in Europe. That\u2019s because Rodriguez can\u2019t face the headache and cost of complying with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s new tobacco\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #3c3c3c;\" title=\"Website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/TobaccoProducts\/NewsEvents\/ucm568425.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">regulations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"regwall\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-position=\"2\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">\u201cIt just costs too much and takes too much time,\u201d said Rodriguez, vice president of\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #3c3c3c;\" title=\"Website\" href=\"http:\/\/elartista.com.do\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tabacalera El Artista<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to focus on the German and Italian markets instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-08-10\/caribbean-s-forbidden-fruit-turns-to-europe-china-for-a-market\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ezra Fieser August 10, 2017, 7:09 AM PDT Specialty cigars being sold in Europe and Asia instead of U.S. China set to overtake U.S. as world\u2019s biggest cigar consumer Radhames Rodriguez is using a rare tobacco and special wrapper to roll 50,000 of his new premium cigars, the Pulita, in the Dominican Republic. 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