While this news is applicable right now to the USA only, Arturo Fuente has announced that it is increasing prices for 2020.
In a joint letter sent to retailers by Fuente and its U.S. distributor, J.C. Newman, the companies said the price increases are due to both “increased manufacturing and FDA compliance costs.”
For Arturo Fuente, the price increase is more or less 5 percent per cigar, with the percentages varying from cigar to cigar from roughly 4-6 percent.
OpusX prices are increasing by an average of 75 INR per cigar, or 6 percent. Prices Excluding Applicable Federal & State Taxes for Fuente Fuente OpusX is now as follows:
- Belicoso XXX — 900 INR
- Double Corona — 1425 INR
- Double Robusto — 1205 INR
- Fuente Fuente — 950 INR
- Love Affair — 950 INR
- Magnum O — 1170 INR
- Perfecxion No. 2 — 1270 INR
- Perfecxion No. 4 Series X — 888 INR
- Perfecxion No. 5 — 820 INR
- Perfecxion No. 77 Shark — 1270 INR
- Perfecxion A – 2170 INR
- Perfecxion X — 1150 INR
- Perfecxion X (Tin of 3) — 3860 INR
- Petit Lancero — 975 INR
- Reserva D’Chateau — 1230 INR
- Reserva D’Chateau (Tin of 3) — 4060 INR
- Robusto — 1065 INR
- Robusto (Tin of 3) — 3577 INR
- Super Belicoso — 1150 INR
The price increase goes into effect Jan. 21, 2020.
This price change does not affect India, we will continue to pay the previous prices, remaining unchanged.