TOBACCO sales volumes have increased significantly this season, with 44,1 million kilogrammes (kg) sold as of yesterday, up 66 percent from 26,6 million kg recorded during the same period last year. Information Minister Zhemu Soda told a post-Cabinet media briefing on Tuesday that the marketing season, which opened on 4 March 2026, has started strongly,…
Tobacco sales volumes up 66 percent
The government is moving to localise 70 percent of tobacco funding to increase value addition and support local growers.