Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
3.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
92%
Busiest portTop port
Miami, FL

Most imported cigars come from Dominican Republic: 62% of $1.4 billion.

Nicaragua is second at 28%. Cigars and cheroots.

Where US cigars come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Dominican Republic$0.87B62.1%
  2. 02Nicaragua$0.39B27.5%
  3. 03Honduras$0.12B8.6%
  4. 04Indonesia$10.9M0.8%
  5. 05Belgium$3.3M0.2%
  6. 06Costa Rica$3.2M0.2%
  7. 07Sri Lanka$2.9M0.2%
  8. 08Spain$1.7M0.1%
  9. 09Italy$577K<0.1%
  10. 10Serbia$447K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.6M0.1%

Total US cigars imports by year · $463M in 2010 to $1.4B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US cigars imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cigars imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Nicaragua17% → 28%
Sri Lanka<0.1% → 0.2%
Costa Rica<0.1% → 0.2%
Belgium<0.1% → 0.2%
Spain<0.1% → 0.1%
Italy<0.1% → <0.1%
Serbia0% → <0.1%
Indonesia1.4% → 0.8%
Honduras10% → 8.6%
Dominican Republic70% → 62%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most imported cigars are made in Latin America. The Dominican Republic alone sends 62%, and Nicaragua and Honduras add another 36%.

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  1. 01Dominican Republic
  2. 02Nicaragua
  3. 03Honduras
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05Belgium
  6. 06Costa Rica
  7. 07Sri Lanka
  8. 08Spain

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

92% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Miami (61%). Port Everglades and Miami Airport follow at 20% and 7%.

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  1. AMiami, FL $0.85B
  2. BPort Everglades, FL $0.28B
  3. CMiami Airport, FL $99.3M
  4. DPhiladelphia, PA $79.8M
  5. EChester, PA $63.2M
  6. FWest Palm Beach, FL $17.9M
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the cigars is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Florida$1.24B
  2. 02Pennsylvania$0.14B
  3. 03Texas$9.2M
  4. 04California$3.2M
  5. 05Louisiana$3.1M
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 240210. How we count.