{"id":38034,"date":"2021-04-07T17:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=38034"},"modified":"2021-04-07T17:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:29:05","slug":"tobacco-selling-season-commences-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tobacco-selling-season-commences-today","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Selling Season Commences Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The new tobacco selling season starts this Wednesday and the opening ceremony will be held this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare. Contract sales open tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has licensed the three traditional auction floors in Harare, namely Boka Tobacco Floors, Tobacco Sales Floor and Premier Tobacco Floors.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) said that though some buyers may reject disease-affected and thinner crops, demand for tobacco remains high.<\/p>\n<p>The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently announced that tobacco growers will be paid 60 per cent of their earnings in foreign currency.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining 40 per cent will be paid in local currency using the auction rate.<\/p>\n<p>This season farmers were pushing for up to 80 per cent foreign currency retention from last year\u2019s 50-50.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, TIMB has put in regulations that merchants must abide by before they are registered.<\/p>\n<p>About 200 million kilogrammes of tobacco are expected to be delivered to the auction floors this season, up from 184 million kilogrammes sold by farmers last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The new tobacco selling season starts this Wednesday and the opening ceremony will be held this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare. Contract sales open tomorrow. 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