ZAMBIA GOVERNMENT TOBACCO SALES REFORMS PROMPTS COURT BATTLE WITH TRADERS
April 1st, 2019
ZAMBIA’S government’s is facing resistance to its bid to introduce new tobacco regulations, with opponents resorting to the courts to block reforms, which - if passed – would immediately affect the operations of auction floors.
Last year, Zambia produced 30 million kilogrammes (kg) of tobacco, up from 23 million kg recorded in 2017, and the Zambian government wants to push that figure to 40 million kg by 2021.
But it wants to achieve this in a way that protects farmers’ rights, and the Zambia tobacco industry is deeply unhappy at the regulations ...
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