Tobacco
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Anti-smoking lobbyists drive firm into diversification
TIL Limited, a subsidiary of AHL Group, is diversifying to focus on other products and services on the market…
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Tobacco growers blamed for bribes
Tobacco industry players have blamed growers for fuelling corruption in the leaf’s marketing chain. Ironically, growers have been crying…
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Flue-cured tobacco sales suspended in Lilongwe
Flue-cured tobacco sales at Lilongwe Auction Floors sold under the auction system have been suspended due to disagreements on…
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Egyptian tobacco firm to invest K9bn, to buy cigarettes
Egypt Eastern Tobacco Company, which has partnered Malawi Leaf Company Limited to set up a cigarette manufacturing plant in…
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LEAF QUALITY PICKS UP AT LIMBE FLOORS
Despite getting off to a poor start, tobacco sales at Limbe Auction Floors have seen an improvement with over two…
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Universal Leaf to increase investment in Malawi tobacco industry
By Gloria Masanza** Malawi tobacco buyer Universal Leaf has promised to increase its investment in the industry in order to…
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Malawi tobacco experts meet
Malawi’s controversial Integrated Production System (IPS) of growing tobacco, popularly known as contract farming, comes under heavy scrutiny today [Thursday]…
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Tobacco contribution to forex down to 47%
The contribution of tobacco to the country’s foreign exchange revenue has dropped from around 60 percent to an average of…
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Tobacco industry faces new threat
It never rains but pours for the local tobacco industry, which is worried with the advent of next generation tobacco…
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Tobacco growers regret kwacha depreciation
Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama), the country’s oldest and biggest tobacco growers’ body, has regretted the timing of the massive…
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Malawi explores US market for tobacco
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has asked the US-based Universal Leaf Tobacco Company (ULTC) to lobby their government through Congress to…
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Egyptian investors in for cigarette plant talks
A delegation from Egyptian-based Eastern Tobacco Company (ETC) are assessing and conducting talks with various government and private sector officials…
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AHL to champion transparency, fairness in tobacco marketing
As the 2014 tobacco marketing season draws to an end, one major highlight during this year’s season was the continued…
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Auction tobacco prices depressed—TCC analysis
A latest market analysis by the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has exposed huge price disparities between auction and contract tobacco,…
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Tobacco growers allege corruption at Mzuzu Auction Floors
Some tobacco growers have alleged that there is corruption at the Mzuzu Auction Floors, particularly in the manner their leaf…
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Tobacco contract system biased—AHL
Tobacco auctioneer Auction Holdings Limited (AHL) has lodged a complaint to the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan…
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TCC cherishes 2014 tobacco sales season
The Tobacco Control Commission (TCC), which has set August 29 as the closing date for the 2014 tobacco marketing season,…
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JTI cancels Malawi cigarette production plans
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has shelved off its investment plans to establish a cigarette manufacturing plant in Malawi. Instead, the…
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JTI presses Malawi to continue with tobacco industry reforms
One of Malawi’s leading tobacco companies, JTI Leaf Malawi has reaffirmed its commitment to partner with Malawi Government, growers and…
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FCTC ratification: Is Malawi shooting itself in the foot?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) clearly opened a can of worms for Malawi when it developed the anti-smoking treaty that…
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