Bulgaria: Fikret Bekir: Tobacco Prices Will Rise by Nearly 30%, Due to Lack of Material

Source from:  FOCUS News Agency 08/27/2012

"Tobacco prices will rise by nearly 30 percent due to lack of raw material", Fikret Bekir, Deputy Chairman of the National Tobacco Growers Association said for FOCUS News Agency. In his words - the drought has destroyed much of the harvest. "We have not seen such a drought in the region for 50 years.

Compared to last year, we will receive one-third of the crop - about 40 to 50 kg per decar of variety Kaba Kulak and about 130 kg of "hybrids". In Southern Bulgaria, things are even more deplorable - it will get 10 to 20 kg per decar, "said Bekir. Enditem