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COVID casts a shadow on FCV tobacco auctions
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Major industry players shying away citing lack of quality and uncertain exports
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Major industry players shying away citing lack of quality and uncertain exports
The talk of an imminent second wave of COVID-19 has cast its shadow on the auctions of the Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco.
Major industry players have been shying away from the auctions that have begun on a sedate note in the second week of March.
As of April 6, 2021, tobacco weighing 8.26 million kg was marketed in the three regions of the Northern Light Soil (0.91 million kg), Southern Black Soil (3.55 million kg) and Southern Light Soil (3.81 million kg).