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 $1.03 per cigar, or 6 percent. MSRP for Fuente Fuente OpusX is now as follows:
Belicoso XXX — $12
Double Corona — $18.60
Double Robusto — $16.10
Fuente Fuente — $12.70
Love Affair — $12.55
Magnum O — $15.60
Perfecxion No. 2 — $16.95
Perfecxion No. 4 Series X — $11.85
Perfecxion No. 5 — $10.95
Perfecxion No. 77 Shark — $16.95
Perfecxion A – $28.95
Perfecxion X — $15.35
Perfecxion X (Tin of 3) — $51.15
Petit Lancero — $13.05
Reserva D’Chateau — $16.40
Reserva D’Chateau (Tin of 3) — $54.15
Robusto — $14.25
Robusto (Tin of 3) — $47.70
Super Belicoso — $15.30
The price increase goes into effect Jan. 21, 2020.
~From Halfwheel article
