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Shortage of Packaging Materials Likely to Blight Tobacco Auctions 

ZIMBABWE'S tobacco auction floors will open their doors to merchants next month amid concerns over the availability of crucial packaging materials.

Industry players disclosed this week that the annual tobacco auctions, a key generator of the country's export receipts, would start on the April 22 and stretch through to October.

Officials at the country's three auction floors, the Zimbabwe Tobacco Auction Centre, the Tobacco Sales Floor and Barley Marketing Zimbabwe told The Financial Gazette that foreign currency shortages hampered efforts to import wrapping paper and this could once again affect the commencement of the marketing season.

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