Tabacalera

Tabacalera

Tabacalera

Spanish tobacco monopoly whose origins date back to 1636

For the joint-stock multinational company, see Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas.
For other uses, see Tabacalera (disambiguation).

Tabacalera, formerly the Compañía Arrendataria de Tabacos, was a Spanish tobacco monopoly whose origins date back to 1636, making it the oldest tobacco company in the world.[1]

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In 1999, the company merged with SEITA of France to form Altadis, which was later purchased by Imperial Tobacco. Its brands included Ducados and Fortuna.

Tabacalera owns 50% stake in Cuba's official cigar export operation Corporación Habanos. Since buying the stake 15 years ago, Tabacalera has played a key role in marketing and selling Cuban cigars in more than 150 countries around the world.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tobacco Timeline: The Seventeenth Century--The Great Age of the Pipe". www.tobacco.org. Archived from the original on 2003-04-03.
  2. [2]
    Buck, Tobias (2015-06-15). "Spain's Tabacalera set to take the cigar in US amid Cuba detente". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
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