The Tobacco Commission has announced that it has licensed about eleven companies in the 2024/2025 selling season.
According to Tobacco Commission spokesperson, Telephorus Chigwenembe, with the number of the companies they expect healthy competition and exciting tobacco selling season.
Chigwenembe says last year they had 10 companies but this year they have a new company in the name of Eastbridge.
“The others are Nyasa Manufacturing Company, Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company, JTI, Alliance One, Hail and Cotton, Premium Tobacco Malawi Limited, African Tobacco Services, Associated Central African Limited and Watergen”, Chigwenembe said.
The 2024/2025 selling season is expected to start on 9th April at Lilongwe Auction Floors.
First round of Tobacco estimates survey estimated that the country will produce 174 million kilograms of the leaf.
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