Uganda: BATU to Stop Buying Tobacco

 

(allAfrica.com) British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) will stop buying tobacco leaf with effective from next year, the company has announced. Instead, the company says it will stick to selling cigarettes.
"BATU has received notification that its main customer for export tobacco, British American Tobacco Global Leaf Pool Limited (GLP) will enter into an agreement with Alliance One International (AOI)... to provide future tobacco requirements from Uganda," the company said in a statement at the weekend. Continued