by Never Chatsengera | May 13, 2025 | News
In a joint operation with the Malawi Police Service, the Tobacco Commission has confiscated 7, 900 kilogrammes of tobacco in an operation aimed at arresting illegal vending and cross border trade. The confiscated tobacco roughly equals 79 bales of the crop. Of the...
by Never Chatsengera | Apr 29, 2025 | News
The Tobacco Commission confiscated more than 170 nested tobacco bales in the first three weeks of sales. Nesting is the concealment of stems, scraps, loose leaf or any object within a bale to deceive a buyer on quality or quantity. Tobacco Commission spokesman...
by Tobacco Commission | Apr 14, 2025 | News
State President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Wednesday opened the 2025 tobacco selling season at Kanengo in Lilongwe. Speaking to the media after witnessing sales in the floors, President Chakwera said it was encouraging to see tobacco being bought way above set...
by Tobacco Commission | Apr 7, 2025 | News
In the 2025 selling season, nesting will be punished harder, with owners of confiscated tobacco forfeiting all to the Commission. According to the Tobacco Industry Act (2024), nesting is the concealment of stems, scraps, loose leaf or any object within a tobacco bale...
by Tobacco Commission | Apr 7, 2025 | News
Eleven companies are expected to buy Malawi tobacco in the 2024/2025 selling season. Among the 11 is a new company – East Bridge. The others are Nyasa Manufacturing Company, Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company, JTI, Alliance One, Hail and Cotton, Premium Tobacco Malawi...
by Tobacco Commission | Mar 27, 2025 | News
The 2024/2025 tobacco selling season will open on Wednesday, 9th April with Lilongwe Selling Floors as the first. Tobacco Commission spokesperson Telephorus Chigwenembe says preparations for the start of the marketing season are at an advanced stage. “We have been...
