欧洲公司斯堪的纳维亚烟草集团（STG）近日宣布，该公司今年第二季度的利润和销售额下降，该公司称这个结果“令人失望，低于公司的预期”。STG公司是通用雪茄公司、雪茄国际的母公司。

虽然公司要到周三才会发布完整的第二季度财务报告，但是本周末它预先发布了部分重点。二季度该公司的销售额是23亿丹麦克朗，折合3.09亿美元，销售额同比下降了1.8%。息税摊销前利润为5.44亿丹麦克朗，折合7320万美元。

除了手工雪茄，公司还销售机制雪茄、鼻烟和烟斗烟草。公司将业绩下滑归因为供应链问题，表示2022年度的手工雪茄出货量将下降。和一些从事手工雪茄业务的公司相比，STG公司对当前市场表示悲观。在新闻稿里，该公司表示：在宏观经济背景下，美国的雪茄消费者变得更加谨慎。预计2022年手工雪茄的销售量将会下降。

公司预计2022年的营业收入将和上年持平，而不是之前预测的有所增长。

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.