Official statistics compiled by the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) have shown that Malawi’s tobacco revenue and volume at the national level have doubled in the second week of trading the leaf, reaching US$ 6.8 million (about K2.7 billion), way above the US$2.1 million earned during the same period last year. TCC Chief Executive Officer Bruce […]
The Malawi tobacco selling season is expected to start off next Monday with great optimism from stakeholders following the good quality leaf from most farmers. Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) Public Relations Officer Juliana Chidumu said everything was set for the 2013 tobacco selling season and Lilongwe Auction Floors will be the first to be opened. […]
Malawi’s tobacco marketing season could not officially close on Friday, December 9, and has been extended to a week with Lilongwe Auction Floors being the last to sell the leaf, putting to rest a strained season ever. Lilongwe has delayed to close after a sudden increase in tobacco bales being ferried to the floors during […]