How to buy Cuban cigars wholesale for a retail shop

Buying Cuban cigars and Cohiba wholesale for a retail shop or lounge: official distributors, the secondary market, licences, and what to check before you order.

A shop can buy Habanos, Cohiba included, from two places: the official Habanos distributor for its country, or the secondary market of collections and surplus stock. Most shops use both.

1. The official distributor

Each country has an exclusive Habanos distributor that supplies licensed retailers with current production. It is the route for steady, new stock. You will need the licences your country requires to sell tobacco.

2. The secondary market

Aged boxes, past Ediciones Limitadas, Regional Editions and discontinued sizes are no longer available from distributors. They come from collections and surplus stock, through specialists like us. This is where a shop finds the boxes its regulars cannot get elsewhere.

Before you order wholesale

  • Licences and import rules: confirm you can lawfully receive tobacco from abroad, and what duty, tax stamps and paperwork your country requires.
  • Authenticity: every box should be checked for seals, codes and bands. See how to spot fake Cuban cigars.
  • Payment terms: agree them in writing, with an invoice from a registered company.

Buying from us

We supply licensed shops, lounges and duty-free from our warehouse at Geneva Airport, worldwide except the USA and Canada, after confirming the import rules for your country. See wholesale Cuban cigars or WhatsApp Leander on +1 416 550 8196.

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