by Tobacco Commission | Jun 19, 2024 | News
By the end of week 9 of the current selling season, up to 64.2% of the projected 140 million kilogrammes of tobacco for the 2023/2024 season had been sold. By Friday, June 14, volumes of tobacco sold hit 89,858,250 kilogrammes which generated $258,200,437. The crop...
by Tobacco Commission | May 31, 2024 | News
Malawi’s Minister of Labour Honourable Agnes Nyalonje says the newly developed Agriculture Labour Practices (ALP) Code for the tobacco industry is ‘a significant milestone in our collective journey towards ensuring fair, safe, and dignified labour practices within...
by Tobacco Commission | May 20, 2024 | News
The Tobacco Commission and the police in Mkanda in Mchinji district on Friday confiscated flu cured tobacco in a two-tonne truck suspected to have been on its way to Zambia. This follows the confiscation in Namitete of another two tonne truck with burley tobacco...
by Tobacco Commission | Feb 26, 2024 | News
The second round of a nation-wide tobacco estimates survey for the 2023/2024 farming season rolled out on Monday, February 26, three weeks after the first round which showed a 21% increase in 2024 tobacco production as compared to that of 2023. Stakeholders will look...
by Tobacco Commission | Feb 21, 2024 | News
A report of the first round of crop estimates survey for the 2023/2024 farming season has projected a 21% increase in 2024 tobacco production from that in 2023. The report projects a production of 146 million kilogrammes of the leaf in 2024. In 2023, 120 million...