Tobacco
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Business News
Tobacco exports jump 36 percent
January to June 2014 exports for Malawi’s major forex earner, tobacco, jumped by about 36 percent, according to a report…
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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…
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Tobacco growers wantprotection in global market
Tobacco growers have called for the protection of the status of the crop’s export in the international trading system, particularly…
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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…
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Feature: Malawi agriculture wither amid absent bank loans
It is sunrise and a local farmer ungrudgingly wakes up early somewhere in a remote corner of this country; toils…
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Global tobacco oversupply worries Malawi
Some major tobacco industry stakeholders are worried about global tobacco oversupply which they say could negatively impact Malawi. Speaking exclusively…
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Tobacco farmers warned against ‘Kudzipepesa’
Tobacco farmers in the country have been warned against being overexcited with money because this has led to many of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Malawi tobacco sales resume after elections
Tobacco sales at the country’s main auction floors and satellite depots resumed Thursday morning after a three-day recess as the…
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Tobacco forex up 19%, quickens to $68 million
Tobacco earnings at the country’s auction floors have quickened to $68 million, a figure which represents 19 percent above what…
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Malawi issues licence to Chinese company
Malawi Government through the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has issued a new tobacco license bringing the total number of tobacco…
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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…
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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…
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Malawi tobacco growers angry with low prices
Tobacco growers have this week expressed dissatisfaction over prices fetching the leaf, four weeks into the 2014 tobacco marketing season.…
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Low prices as Mzuzu Auction Floors opens
Frustrations, heartbreaks and questions marked farmers’ mood at Mzuzu Auction Floors when Minister of Agriculture James Munthali opened the tobacco…
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Mzuzu auction floors open today
The Mzuzu Auction Floors is set for opening its market today, a month after the official opening of the 2014…
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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…
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Tama worried with public smoking ban
The Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama) says the decision by some West African countries such as Liberia and Nigeria to…
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