JTI Leaf Malawi has bought more than 23 million kilograms of high quality burley tobacco making it a successful tobacco marketing season, reports Malawi 24.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, JTI bought around 6 million kilograms more than in a comparable period last year. JTI leaf Malawi Corporate Affairs and Communications Director Limbani Kakhome said that overall, a total of 114 million kilograms of all types of tobacco were sold in all four marketing floors of which, 94 million kilograms was for burley tobacco.
According to Malawi 24, he also said that COVID-19 had accelerated the buying process as the buying volume was increased per day.
“I would like to thank all our growers across Malawi for supplying us with high quality leaf of this particular year. Our quality index this year was better than of last year, we can see that contracted growers are continuously endeavoring to adhere to the agronomy advise and are upping their delivery of quality tobacco,” said Kakhome.