07 May 2010. Antonio Abrunhosa, chief executive of the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA) on the latest regulatory moves on tobacco ingredients.
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India | Under control and booming

07 May 2010. Indian FCV is a contradiction in terms because, although production, processing and marketing by auction platform are firmly controlled by central government the commodity is having the ride of its life on a seemingly unstoppable boom.
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United States | Seeking seed certification

07 May 2010. US growers rely on the purity and quality of tobacco seed; however, laws requiring seed certification do not exist in all of the tobacco-growing states.
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Zimbabwe | A Phoenix from the ashes?

07 May 2010. The recent attempt at political stability means that Zimbabwe’s leaf tobacco sector is growing again.
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