Habanos Packaging Codes
On the Habanos SA website, a special packaging code is used to describe the Packaging available for each vitola.
The packaging code is made up of 6 parts, each part separated by the hyphen symbol (-).
The various parts of the code are shown in the following table:
| Code Part | Spanish | Code Part Description |
| 1 | Envase exterior | Packaging type |
| 2 | Material exterior | Packaging material |
| 3 | Envase interior | Internal packaging |
| 4 | Distribución interior | Layer distribution |
| 5 | Envase individual | Individual cigar packaging |
| 6 | Cantidad | Total number of cigars |
The individual codes in each part are as follows:
| Part 1: Packaging Type – Envase Exterior |
| Abbreviation | Spanish | English |
| CB | Cajón Corriente | Current Box (standard, dress, or semi-plain box with pin) |
| CBB | Cajón Corriente con Broche | Current Box with Brooch |
| SLB | Cajón Corredera | Slide Lid Box |
| BN | Cajón Boîte Nature | Boîte Nature Box |
| SBN | Cajón Semi Boîte Nature | Semi Boîte Nature Box |
| SPB | Estuche Especial | Special Cabinets |
| CAB | Gabinete | Cabinet |
| 898 | Cajón 898 | 898 Box (two long sides curved) |
| JAR | Jarra | Jar |
| D | Display | Display |
| C | Cajón Cartón | Cardboard Box |
| BUN | Mazo | Bundle |
| P | Petaca | Pack |
| PWB | Cajón de Plywood | Plywood Box |
| Part 2: Packaging Material – Material Exterior |
| Abbreviation | Spanish | English |
| UW | Madera sin Barnizar | Unvarnished Wood |
| VW | Madera Barnizar | Varnished Wood |
| C | Cartón | Cardboard |
| G | Cristal | Glass |
| CER | Cerámica | Ceramic |
| S | Varios | Several |
| CEL | Celofón | Cellophane |
| M | Metal | Metal |
| P | Papel | Paper |
| A/F | Papel de Aluminio | Aluminium Paper Foil |
| Part 3: Internal Packing – Envase Interior |
| Abbreviation | Spanish | English |
| n | Ninguno | None (not applicable) |
| C/L | Lámina de Cedro | Cedar Sheet separators (or lining for jars) |
| C/S | Separadores de Cartón | Cardboard separator |
| C/P | Petaca de Cartón | Cardboard Pack |
| A/F | Papel de Aluminio | Aluminium Paper Foil |
| A/P | Petaca de Aluminio | Aluminium Pack |
| GPSR | Papel Glassine con Cinta Sadra | Glassine Paper with Silk Ribbon |
| SR | Cinta Sadra | Silk Ribbon |
| CEL | Celofón | Cellophane |
| SLB | Caja Corredera | Slide Lid Box- individual “coffin” box |
| P | Papel | Paper |
| Part 4: Layer Distribution – Distribución Interior |
| Abbreviation | Spanish | English |
| n | Ninguno | None – not applicable |
| M | Mazo | Bundled – not in layers |
| Numeric Entry | Examples | Meaning |
| single number | 10 | For boxes, represents the number of cigars per layer.
Can be a single layer or one or more equal layers. |
| 5 | For carton packs, represents the number of cigars in each individual pack. |
| To calculate the number of layers (or packs), divide the total number of cigars (from part 6 of the code) by this number. |
| multiple numbers | 12,13
9,9,7
3,4,3 | For boxes, the numbers (separated by a comma) represents the number of cigars in each layer (from the bottom layer up). |
| Part 5: Individual Cigar Packaging – Envase Individual |
| Abbreviation | Spanish | English |
| n | Ninguno | None – not applicable |
| A/T | Tubo de Aluminio | Aluminium Tube |
| A/F | Papel de Aluminio | Aluminium Paper Foil |
| G/F | Papel Dorado | Golden Paper Foil |
| S/F | Papel Seda | Tissue Paper |
| CW | Envuelto en Cedro | Cedar Wrapped |
| C/B | Caja de Carton | Cardboard Box |
| W/B | Caja de Madera | Wood Box |
| G/T | Tubo de Cristal | Glass Tube |
| P/T | Tubo de Plástico | Plastic Tube |
| CWCEL | Envuelto en Cedro y Celofón | Cedar Wrapped and Cellophane |
| CEL | Celofón | Cellophane |
| P | Papel | Paper |
| Part 6: Total Number of Cigars – Cantidad |
| Numeric Entry | Example | Meaning |
| a single number | 25 | For boxes, this is the total number of cigars. |
| For display/carton packs, this number represents the total number of cigars in the full package. |
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