Japan seeks Zambian tobacco

(Zambia Daily Mail) JAPAN Tobacco (JT), the world’s third largest tobacco manufacturer has signed a contract with 7,000 Zambian tobacco farmers for the supply of raw tobacco to that country.
Speaking during a question and answer session when President Sata met Japanese business executives at Keidanren in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon, JT manager for the tobacco business planning division Ryoji Chijiiwa said JT has for many years been buying leaf tobacco from Zambia.
“JT has signed a contract with 7,000 leaf tobacco farmers in Zambia and has also provided 300 jobs because we have a procurement base in your country,” Mr Chijiiwa said. Continued