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...
by Tobacco Commission | Jul 18, 2024 | News
The third round of tobacco estimates survey conducted in June this year has revealed a 7% increase from last year’s tobacco production. A report released by the Tobacco Commission on 17th July shows that this year, Malawi has 129 million kilogrammes of tobacco. In...
by Tobacco Commission | Jul 15, 2024 | News
The Tobacco Commission would like to address concerns about the confiscation of nested tobacco in the 2024 selling season. The Tobacco Industry Act (2024) defines nesting as ‘(a) the concealment of substandard tobacco within a bale; or (b)the concealment of stems,...
by Tobacco Commission | Jul 15, 2024 | News
The sales committee of the tobacco industry in Malawi has proposed that the 2024 tobacco selling season close early August. At its meeting on July 9, the committee comprising various industry players agreed to have Chinkhoma floors close on July 12, Lilongwe and Limbe...
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...
