CANADA FEATURE
December 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIETHE CANADIAN tobacco industry is poised on the brink of major change, with the country's manufacturers considering comprehensive leaf import programmes that could undermine the sustainability of the country's domestic growing sector.This change is being lead by the country's largest cigarette manufacturer, Imperial Tobacco Canada, which outlined a proposal in the spring of 2004 that would alter the current two-tiered pricing system for domestic and exported tobacco leaf in the 2005/2006 season.At present, Canadian manufacturers pay a "top-up" fee ...
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