Zimbabwe Tobacco Deliveries Rise to Highest in Eight Years, Beats Estimate

(Bloomberg) Deliveries of tobacco by growers in Zimbabwe, the world’s sixth-biggest exporter of the flue-cured variety of the leaf, are at their highest level in eight years, the industry’s marketing board said.
Growers have delivered 109.6 million kilograms (241.6 million pounds) this year, compared with a crop estimate of 70 million kilograms, Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board Chief Executive Officer Andrew Matibiri said in a telephone interview from the capital, Harare, today.
“Deliveries are still continuing and we now believe we may sell 114 million kilograms this year,” Matibiri said. Continued