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  • Report Outlines the Mozambique Tobacco Industry

    Report Outlines the Mozambique Tobacco Industry

    ResearchAndMarkets.com has released a report on the tobacco industry in Mozambique, including information on production, manufacture and retail, key trends and issues, notable players, trade, and regulations. “Tobacco Industry in Mozambique” also provides information on major influencing factors such as the security situation, economic environment health, environmental issues, and illegal trading. The report includes company profiles of three players including British American Tobacco, Mozambique Leaf Tobacco, and Afro Tobacco Company.

    For marketing trends, it reports on:

    • An increase in tobacco sales revenues
    • Growth in tobacco exports
    • The concession system provides smallholder farmers with a market to sell their tobacco
    • The introduction of seal stamps on tobacco products, to reduce illicit cigarettes
    • The potential for increased tobacco production
  • Mozambique Leaf Production Plunges

    Mozambique Leaf Production Plunges

    Photo: Taco Tuinstra

    The value of Mozambique’s tobacco production dropped 71.7 percent to MZN200 million ($3.13 million) year-on-year in the first six months of 2024, according to the Club of Mozambique. The organization did not provide a reason for the decline.

    The revenues amounted to 2.7 percent of the target set for the whole year and 1 percent of Mozambique’s industrial output from January to June.

    The government expects growers to cultivate 129,321 hectares and 81,223 tons of tobacco this year.

    According to a 2023 World Health Organization report, Mozambique had the eighth largest tobacco-growing area in the world and the third largest tobacco-growing area in Africa, after Zimbabwe and Malawi.

    Brazil, with a cultivation area of 357,230 hectares, and Mozambique are the only Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries nations mentioned in the WHO report.

  • Tobacco Production Rising in Mozambique

    Tobacco Production Rising in Mozambique

    Photo: Taco Tuinstra

    Mozambique produced MZN4.48 million ($70,132) worth of tobacco in 2023, up 23 percent from the previous year, reports The Macao News, citing the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

    The value increased despite a drop in volume, which was down 15 percent in the 2022–2023 growing season. Mozambique is the eighth-largest tobacco-growing area globally and the third largest in Africa, with 76,850 hectares dedicated to tobacco, following Zimbabwe (112,700 ha) and Malawi (100,982 ha).

    According to the World Health Organization, Africa saw an increase of 35.7 percent in tobacco leaf production and an increase of 19.8 percent in area under tobacco cultivation from 2005 to 2020, when both were trending down globally.

  • Mozambique Leaf Exports Down

    Mozambique Leaf Exports Down

    Photo: Taco Tuinstra

    Mozambique exported tobacco worth $49.4 million in the first nine months of 2023, a quarter less than in the previous year, reports Club Mozambique, citing central bank figures.

    According to the Bank of Mozambique, tobacco exports in the first three quarters of 2022 amounted to $66.4 million.

    Mozambique has the world’s eighth largest tobacco growing area, according to the World Health Organization. With tobacco cultivated over 91,469 hectares, Mozambique is third largest grower in the African region after Zimbabwe (112,770 hectares) and Malawi (100,962).

    Brazil, by comparison, cultivates, 357,230 hectares.