The president of the Federación Nacional de Productores de Tabaco (Fenaprotabaco), Alberto Garcia, said that cigar manufacturers are affected by high prices of farming input, the high cost of skilled labor, and unfair competition practices. The cost of producing cigars has tripled in the past three months. Some 15 factories have closed in Villa González, another 20 in Tamboril and several others in the Cibao region.
