Zimbabwe’s tobacco sales season hotting up

(Tobacco Reporter) Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has increased the number of selling days for tobacco following an improvement in deliveries to the country’s two sales floors, according to a report in The Herald. Sales will now be conducted on Wednesdays, as well as on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The additional day was allotted after the Zimbabwe Tobacco Industry Auction Centre (Zitac) exceeded the maximum 3,800 bales that can be sold per day and made representation to the TIMB. Continued

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