Big flue-cured volume sold in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s flue-cured sales, which are still in progress, have already seen more leaf sold than was traded during the whole of the 2013 sales season, according to a story in The Independent quoting Tobacco Industry Marketing Board figures.

After 68 weeks of trading so far this year, 173 million kg of flue-cured had been sold at auction and under contract.

That figure was up by 31 percent on the 132 million kg that had been sold after 68 weeks of the 2013 season.

It was up also—by about 11 percent—on the sales level for the whole of the 2013 season, 156 million kg.