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• Zimbabwe Tobacco Season Officially Ends; Deliveries Down 40% 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2008-09-30
Author: Brian Latham

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Zimbabwe's tobacco selling season officially ended last week with deliveries dropping 40 percent from a year ago, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board said.

Farmers brought 45 million kilograms (99 million pounds) of the leaf to auction houses by Sept. 26, compared with 75 million kilograms a year earlier, Andrew Matibiri, chief executive officer of the Harare-based board, said by phone today. Unofficial sales will continue to be held every two weeks.

``There is still a lot of tobacco on the farms,'' Matibiri said.

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