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Malawi tobacco sales drop nine percent: official  

Sales of Malawi’s main cash crop tobacco dropped nine percent to 433 million dollars (293 million euros) this year, as prices at the auction floor fell by nearly a quarter, the country’s crop watchdog said Wednesday.

“The tobacco market suffered some price setbacks and average prices were down by 23 percent per kilo this year,” Bruce Munthali, general manager of the Tobacco Control Commission, told reporters.

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