1 august 20 2020 2 05 am.
Tobacco auction floors in zimbabwe 2020.
Tobacco in zimbabwe is sold through auction and contract arrangements with the selling season traditionally beginning in march.
This year there were 31 contract floors registered to buy tobacco.
Tobacco selling season draws to an end newsday zimbabwe.
Tobacco deliveries have reached 181 million kg as contract floors continue to receive deliveries despite the curtain coming down on the selling season for auction floors late last month.
Xinhua shaun jusa zimbabwe s 2020 tobacco marketing season came to an end with about 77.
Tobacco association of zimbabwe president george seremwe said there was need for government intervention to support farmers to be self reliant and save tobacco auction floors from collapse.
The 2020 tobacco marketing season opening has been pushed to wednesday after it had officially been slated for april 22 zim morning post has learnt.
The 2020 tobacco auction season closed on august 28.
Tobacco selling season draws to an end.
In zimbabwe tobacco is sold via auction and contract floors.
The tobacco industry and marketing board timb has urged farmers to deliver their crop thrice a week at the auction floors as the marketing season heads towards closure.
Tobacco merchants and sellers negotiate at boka auction floors in harare zimbabwe on aug.
Statistics from timb shows that auction floors received only seven million kilogrammes of the golden leaf valued at us 19 4 million way below 140 million kg valued us 339 5 million sold via contract floors.
Tobacco farmers are losing thousands of dollars from unscrupulous middlemen who offer them low prices for their golden leaf outside the auction floors in the capital zim morning post has learnt.
The tobacco industry and marketing board said it will announce the clean up sale dates this month.
Mrs chido nyakudya the managing director of boka tobacco floors one of the largest auction floors in the country attributed the decrease to the erratic rainfall which resulted in low yields.
All set for tobacco auction floors opening.
Dr matibiri said 17 percent of the total sales were realised at the decentralised auction floors in karoi mvuri and rusape.
In 1936 through the tobacco marketing and levy act the tobacco marketing board was formed resulting in the selling of tobacco through the auction floors and later contract floors from 2004.
