歐洲公司斯堪的納維亞煙草集團（STG）近日宣布，該公司今年第二季度的利潤和銷售額下降，該公司稱這個結果“令人失望，低于公司的預期”。STG公司是通用雪茄公司、雪茄國際的母公司。

雖然公司要到周三才會發布完整的第二季度財務報告，但是本周末它預先發布了部分重點。二季度該公司的銷售額是23億丹麥克朗，折合3.09億美元，銷售額同比下降了1.8%。息稅攤銷前利潤為5.44億丹麥克朗，折合7320萬美元。

除了手工雪茄，公司還銷售機制雪茄、鼻煙和煙斗煙草。公司將業績下滑歸因為供應鏈問題，表示2022年度的手工雪茄出貨量將下降。和一些從事手工雪茄業務的公司相比，STG公司對當前市場表示悲觀。在新聞稿里，該公司表示：在宏觀經濟背景下，美國的雪茄消費者變得更加謹慎。預計2022年手工雪茄的銷售量將會下降。

公司預計2022年的營業收入將和上年持平，而不是之前預測的有所增長。

Scandinavian Tobacco Group, the European company known as STG, announced that the company’s second quarter profits and organic sales were down, results that the company called “disappointing and below our expectation.” STG is the parent company of Macanudo maker General Cigar Co., as well as Cigars International.

While the company won’t release its complete second-quarter report until Wednesday, this weekend it released highlights. Net sales for the quarter were DKK 2.3 billion, which the company said reflects a decrease of 1.8 percent in “organic net sales.” Profits performed worse, as EBITA (earnings before interest, taxes and amortization) dropped 16.8 percent to DKK 544 million.?

In addition to handmade cigars, STG sells machine-made cigars, snus, and pipe tobacco. The company pointed blame at supply chain issues, and said its handmade cigar shipments for 2022 were expected to decline. Contrary to many other companies in the handmade cigar business, the company expressed pessimism for the current market. “The handmade cigar consumers in U.S. have become more cautious on the back of macroeconomic developments,” STG said in its release. “Consequently, for 2022 handmade cigar volumes are now expected to decline.”?

The company went on to say it expected flat revenues, instead of the previously predicted increase, for 2022.?