by Tobacco Commission | Jan 27, 2025 | News
The Tobacco Commission has called on traditional leaders in the country to use their authority to stop child labour in tobacco and to ensure all children go to school instead. Board Chairperson Dr Godfrey Chapola made the appeal at a tree planting exercise jointly...
by Tobacco Commission | Jan 15, 2025 | News
The first round of crop estimates survey for the 2024/2025 tobacco farming season rolled out on Monday, with data collection members from the industry have been deployed to various parts of the country. Coordinated by the Commission, the survey, which ends on January...
by Tobacco Commission | Oct 31, 2024 | News
The Tobacco Commission has imposed on the owners of nested tobacco bales confiscated in the 2023/2024 selling season a penalty of 50% of the proceeds from the sale of the crop. Following the confiscation, the nested bales were sent for re-handling after which the crop...
by Tobacco Commission | Oct 18, 2024 | News
With two weeks to the close of the grower licensing period for the 2024/2025 farming season, licensed tobacco volumes are showing a positive trajectory, keeping alive confidence in the country’s commitment to satisfying market demand. As of last week, licensed tobacco...
by Tobacco Commission | Aug 5, 2024 | News
As the tobacco selling season closed on Friday August 2, the Tobacco Commission had licensed 60.2 million kilogrammes of tobacco, almost trebling the volumes licensed by the same date last year. By August 2 last year, the Commission had licensed 21.7million...
by Tobacco Commission | Aug 5, 2024 | News
The 2024 tobacco selling season officially closed on Friday with the sale of 1,238 bales at Mzuzu Selling Floors. President Dr Lazarus Chakwera opened the 2024 selling season at Chinkhoma Selling Floors in Kasungu on April 15. The just ended selling season ran for 16...
