Jump to full article: Times of Zambia, 2009-11-02
Author: [item undated] Business Reporter
Intro: THE Government has warned farmers, merchants and firms exporting raw tobacco of stringent action if they do not regulate themselves.
Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati said the Government would take action on any company exporting unprocessed tobacco if they do not begin to regulate themselves.
“So we call on you for self-regulation to ensure that you do not export unprocessed tobacco. Let us not export to Malawi and Zimbabwe unprocessed tobacco. Let us do the processing in Zambia,” he said.
His Ministry would be discussing with the ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on the measures the Government would take on those exporting unprocessed tobacco.
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