EFLBAR Absent from InterTabac 2023 in Dortmund, but Four Distributors Displayed Related Products

  EFLBAR was not present at the 2023 InterTabac in Dortmund, but four distributors displayed its products.

[Two Above reports from Dortmund] On September 15, the second day of the Dortmund Tobacco Exhibition, Two Above noticed that the ELFBAR brand still did not exhibit this year, just like last year, but four distributors showcased its products.

The four distributors displaying ELFBAR products are: Drip Hacks LTD, Ex-Trade GmbH & Co. KG, E-ZIGARETTE-HANDEL.de, and Ertugrul Trading FZCO, coming from Germany, the UK, and the UAE.

 Distributor booth displaying ELFBAR products Source | Two Above  

Distributor booth displaying ELFBAR products Source | Two Above

Two Above learned that at the E-ZIGARETTEN-HANDEL.DE booth, staff sent by the ELFBAR brand also participated in the booth activities. The main market for distributor E-ZIGARETTEN-HANDEL.DE is in Germany and Austria. The company’s representatives told Two Above that many small distributors went bankrupt within three months after the tax increase in Germany, and many brands are also facing restrictions. Germany has many details regarding packaging and product compliance, which are very rigid and consume a lot of costs. Packaging brought from Austria is not compliant in Germany and needs to be repackaged, including applying for new product compliance, which is more complicated and time-consuming than in other countries.

ELFBAR also has pod products, and the distributor stated that pod products are more accepted in Germany than in other markets, as consumers value cost-effectiveness and environmental advantages.