Tobacco earnings down 8%
Malawi has earned $337.3 million (K189 billion) this year from tobacco, an eight percent drop from last year’s $366.3 ...
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Tobacco Act delay riles industry players
Tobacco industry players led by Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama) have expressed worry over the continued delay to enact the ...
Malawi to host international tobacco conference
Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama), the country’s largest tobacco representative organisation, will host a two-day International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA) ...
Tobacco yearly earnings drop, now at $144m
Revenue from Malawi’s main forex earner, tobacco, is at $144 million (MK64.8 billion), a drop from $165 million (MK74.3 billion) ...
Tobacco growers regret kwacha depreciation
Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama), the country’s oldest and biggest tobacco growers’ body, has regretted the timing of the massive ...
Auction tobacco prices depressed—TCC analysis
A latest market analysis by the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has exposed huge price disparities between auction and contract tobacco, ...
Tobacco contract system biased—AHL
Tobacco auctioneer Auction Holdings Limited (AHL) has lodged a complaint to the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan ...
JTI presses Malawi to continue with tobacco industry reforms
One of Malawi’s leading tobacco companies, JTI Leaf Malawi has reaffirmed its commitment to partner with Malawi Government, growers and ...
Tama supports ratification of anti-smoking treaty
Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama) has said it supports the government’s decision to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ...
Malawi considers ratifying FCTC
Malawi is considering to ratify the World Health Organisation (WHO)-championed Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) for the country to ...
Bumpy ride as tobacco earnings slump
Malawi’s economy should brace for a bumpy ride following projections by the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) that this year’s earnings ...
TCC summons tobacco buyers over prices
The Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) on Friday summoned all tobacco buyers who are participating in the buying of tobacco at ...
Suspended flue cured sales to affect forex earnings
Suspended auction flue cured tobacco sales that had not yet resumed by Tuesday will affect the country’s forex earnings, the ...
Malawi tobacco average prices down 13%
National weighted average price for tobacco in the first 10 weeks of trading is 13 percent lower than the same ...
Import cover calculating figure now $191 million
Malawi’s monthly import cover calculating figure has jumped 1.5 percent to $191 million (US$454 762) from the $188.1 million (US$447 ...
Tobacco revenue climbs to K15 billion
Tobacco revenue in the first five weeks of marketing has hit $38.2 million (about K15 billion), a figure which is ...
FUM seeks growers’ involvement in minimum price
The Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) president Alfred Kapichira Banda says tobacco growers on contract need to be involved in ...
