Zimbabwe’s auction floor charges were recently raised overnight by more than 70 percent. Growers’ tobacco prices have remained largely unchanged for a quarter of a century. Hmm.Read More
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Tobacco manufacturers will no doubt be contributing generously to the aid currently flowing into Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique following the devastation caused by cyclone Idai.Read More
Sales of Zimbabwe's 2019 flue-cured tobacco crops are due to start next week. Ominously for growers, there seems to have been little talk about prices.Read More
The latest reports from Zimbabwe seem to leave up in the air the question of whether tobacco growers are happy with payment arrangements for the 2019 marketing season.Read More
Zimbabwe is trying to negotiate the tricky question of how to pay tobacco growers so that the country can earn the maximum net foreign currency from this vital crop.Read More
Zimbabwe's flue-cured tobacco production is unlikely to reflect the 46 percent increase in grower registrations, and that is probably a good thing.Read More
It's something of a vicious circle. Zimbabwe needs foreign currency so that it can indulge in those economic activities that earn foreign currency.Read More
The late arrival of rain in Zimbabwe will be reflected in the start date of the country’s flue-cured tobacco marketing season.Read More
Given a fair wind, Zimbabwe could deliver to market another record crop of flue-cured tobacco in 2019.Read More
A partnership that aims to produce Chinese-style cigarettes in Zimbabwe makes sense on many levels.Read More