Zimbabwe: Tobacco Selling Season Kicks Off Today
4 days ago
By Elita Chikwati
The new tobacco selling season kicks off today with the opening ceremony this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare and with contract sales opening tomorrow.
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has licensed the three traditional auction floors in Harare: Boka Tobacco Floors, Tobacco Sales Floor and Premier Tobacco Floors.
Only a modest fraction of the crop is now sold on auction, with most farmers and most of the crop going through the contract system.
As was the case last year, some of the contracting companies will operate out-of-Harare sales points.