Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2002-11-01
Author: Leonard Makombe / The Herald (Harare)
Intro: There was a last minute rush at the country's three tobacco auction floors as farmers tried to beat yesterday's deadline.
The curtain came down on the 2002 tobacco selling season yesterday after 122 days of selling which commenced on May 14.
But the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board said the deadline could be extended if need be.
Clean-up sales would be conducted in a fortnight when the remainder of the crop would to be auctioned.
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