Zimbabwe has so far earned $216,8 million after exporting 51,3 million kilogrammes of tobacco to 52 countries, a setback of $72,8 million on export earnings realised during the same period last year. ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 July 2018
ZIMBABWE's tobacco output has reached a record high of 237.1 million kg just before the end of the 2018 selling season, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show.This year's...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2018
TOBACCO farmers have been urged to take heed of expert advice and destroy tobacco stalks on time in order to safeguard future high yields. In an interview with The Herald recently, an Agritex officer ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018
IH Securities says the economy is yet to feel the impact of the tobacco export proceeds despite being over 90 days into the season.In IH Securities outlook for the month released recently, the local f...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018
Zimbabwe has so far earned $184,3 million after exporting 45,2 million kg of tobacco to 49 countries, a setback of 76 million on export earnings realised during the same period last year. According to...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018
Eighteen years after the collapse of Zimbabwe's agriculture sector in the wake of former President Robert Mugabe's land grab programme, tobacco production has hit a record 207 million kg, with black f...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2018
About 75 delegates from five tobacco-growing countries converge in Harare today to discuss challenges and threats facing the sector.The delegates will be drawn from Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, Tan...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2018
TOBACCO sales have recorded a 28,3 percent increase so far, raking in $592,3 million compared to $461,6 million earned during the same period last year.Latest data from the Tobacco Industry and Market...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2018
Tobacco sales breezed past 200 million kg on Tuesday, earning $583 million owing to the introduction of export incentives and improved agronomic practices last year, an official has said.During the co...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018
Zimbabwe is likely to surpass the 2017 /18 targeted tobacco output of 200 million kilogrammes, given that farmers have already delivered 190 million kgs, with over 50 days to go before the marketing s...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 June 2018
Tobacco farmers have grossed $515,1 million from 177,8 million kilogrammes that have been delivered 52 days into the 2018 marketing season, a gain of more than $95 million on revenues realised during ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 June 2018
ZIMBABWE's tobacco output is poised for a record outturn, with produce that has so far gone through the sales floors reaching 73 percent of target, an advisory firm has said.Equity Axis, one of the co...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2018
NEARLY $400 million worth of tobacco has so far been sold at the auction floors since the beginning of the marketing season in March, official figures show.The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TI...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2018
Private tobacco farmers could have been prejudiced nearly $4 million by contractors who fraudulently contracted them and bought their commodity at low prices. This comes after the Zimbabwe Farmers Uni...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 May 2018
Over 100 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth $289,8 million have been sold by farmers since the opening of the season.The tobacco was sold at an average price of $2,87 per kilogramme. According to th...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018
Foreign currency raised from this year's tobacco sales has not improved Zimbabwe's liquidity position because of the significant increase in the fuel import bill caused by a hike in international oil ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is disbursing $450 000 daily to banks with branches at tobacco auction floors to ensure farmers access cash.This comes following an outcry from farmers who a...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2018
In an unprecedented move, farmer representative bodies are combining efforts to bring to book tobacco contracting firms that are allegedly prejudicing tobacco farmers of millions of dollars, The Heral...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2018
Tobacco prices obtaining at the floors this year are better than last year with associations attributing the trend to stiff competition by buyers.Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board TIMB statistics s...
By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018
Tobacco farmers have received $163,8 million after delivering 58,3 million kg to the floors during the first 25 days of the 2018 tobacco marketing season giving them a price rise of 3,6 percent.In 201...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018
Harare police are on high alert to quell operations of criminals who target and pounce on unsuspecting farmers transporting tobacco to the auction floors. Over the past few years, farmers have lost to...
By Staff reporter | Published: 23 April 2018
Tobacco farmers have welcomed Government's decision to pay them part of their money in foreign currency.The growers are entitled to a cash withdrawal of $300 per sale from banks operating at the aucti...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2018
Tobacco contracting firm, Agritrade Leaf Tobacco, is in the eye of a storm after it allegedly deducted insurance premiums from farmers without prior contractual agreements.The premiums were submitted ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 April 2018
Tobacco farmers are complaining over delays in the processing of their payments at the auction floors in Harare, resulting in most of them spending days camped at the floors.They said their cheques we...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 April 2018
TOBACCO sales have reached $25.8 million from 8.9 million kilogrammes delivered at the auction floors since the start of the marketing season on March 21, official figures show.During the comparable p...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 April 2018
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