The average grower price paid for Zimbabwe’s flue-cured tobacco is this season down on that of last season, but there is an even bigger headache looming.Read More
Former employees of Alliance One Tobacco (Kenya) are going to court to try to force the company to hand over severance pay, but the company seems to be questioning whether they all worked for it.Read More
Following a government announcement, representatives of international companies will be able to operate directly on India’s flue-cured tobacco auctions, rather than through local partners.Read More
Flue-cured production is set to rise and Burley production is set to fall during the next 12 months, according to Universal Corporation, which issued its annual results yesterday. Read More
Cambodian tobacco growers were expecting their incomes to rise on the back of a duty-free trade deal with Vietnam, but they now suspect that any additional profit is not reaching them.Read More
The government of Malawi has said that it will continue with tobacco-industry reforms in order to create a win-win situation for buyers and farmers.Read More
Tobacco farmers in the Philippines are being urged to sign up to the national government’s contract growing system so as to free themselves from the ‘abusive practices of middlemen’.Read More
Azerbaijan is simultaneously clamping down on tobacco smoking at home while promoting exports of its leaf tobacco.Read More
The general manager of a local cigarette manufacturer in Zambia has said that the government should discourage the export of tobacco without value addition.Read More
Flue-cured tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh have so far this season received good average prices for their leaf, which is part of a short crop.Read More
