India: AP Tobacco Crop Size Fixed at 170 mkg

Source from:  Business Line 08/27/2012

The Tobacco Board has fixed the crop size for Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Orissa at 170 mkg for the crop season 2012-13. "We have arrived at this figure after taking the Indian Tobacco Association's (ITA) request into consideration. We also have kept in mind the international scenario, farm prices and export prices," G. Kamalavardhana Rao, Chairman of the Tobacco Board, said in a statement. The board held a meeting here on Sunday to discuss the crop size and other issues regarding the crop. The crop is highly regulated in the country, keeping in view global concerns and also theof interests of tobacco-growing farmers. On the issues of shifting barns from auction platforms such as Keesara and Thorredu to other tobacco-growing areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Board agreed to consider the requests. They will be allowed either to shift or sell barns. "We will consider their pleas case by case," he said. The board will seek the permission from the Union Ministry of Commerce to redistribute the leftover crop of 1.76 m kg during the year 2011-12 crop season to all the soil regions equally. Enditem