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Stock, batch codes and the dispatch window

Most people searching IQOS in New Caledonia are not after a spec sheet. They want to know what it costs, how long it lasts and which shop will still service it in three months.

Ordering into Nouméa usually means waiting 6–12 business days. Plan the reorder around that, not around the flavour you like best.

Below is the run we did for this search: 24 units, cartomizer, same room temperature, same juice rotation. Where results varied, the variation is printed rather than averaged away.

What a guava cartomizer really costs in Nouméa

Ordering into Nouméa usually means waiting 6–12 business days. Plan the reorder around that, not around the flavour you like best.

How we tested guava in a cartomizer

1. Choose strength against the ceiling in New Caledonia, which is the local legal limit for retail here.
2. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.
3. Pick the cartomizer that fits the device already on your desk, not the one on the headline page.

• Stock depth: 24 lines held, so the shortlist does not turn into a special order.
• The landed price per 10 ml after 6–12 business days, which is the only number worth comparing.
• The listed nicotine ceiling, which is the local legal limit in New Caledonia, not a suggestion.
• Coil type inside the cartomizer, because mesh and wire age at different rates.

Where guava goes wrong

• Skipping the spare coil, which is the single part that decides how long guava in Nouméa survives.
• Ignoring the batch date on a cartomizer and discovering the listed price was for old stock.
• Matching strength to the device instead of the draw, which is why guava tastes flat after two days.

The rules that apply here

New Caledonia applies French-style rules with a local import permit.

New Caledonia applies French-style rules with a local import permit.

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