Malawi Tobacco Marketing Season to Open on April 11

Source from:  StarAfrica 03/16/2016

Malawi tobacco marketing season will be officially opened on April 11, starting with Lilongwe Auction Floors, Tobacco Control Commission (TCC), the country's tobacco regulator announced Tuesday.TCC Chief Executive Officer, Albert Changaya confirmed in the capital Lilongwe that all was set for tobacco farmers to sell their leaf to international tobacco buyers through auction marketing.

"Preparations are at an advanced stage in all three major markets of the country. Bales of tobacco leaf have started arriving from different parts of the country waiting to be auctioned in these markets," he said.

The opening of Lilongwe floors will be followed by Limbe Auction Floors in the commercial city of Blantyre scheduled to open on April 13 while the Mzuzu Auction Floors will open on April 18.

Meanwhile, first round of tobacco estimates shows that the country has produced 211million kilograms of the leaf against a buyer's requirement of 151million kilogram. Enditem