TUNISIA TOBACCO LEAF SECTOR TARGETS EXPANSION, LEVERAGING LOCAL VARIETIES
April 26th, 2022
Tunisia’s National Tobacco and Matches Board has adopted a new strategy to achieve self-sufficiency in leaf supplies for the north African country’s tobacco manufacturing sector, doubling the number of growers and the land under production.
The goal of the board (RNTA - Regie Nationale des Tabacs et des Allumettes) is to reduce tobacco product and leaf imports, increasing exports of the same to European and other North African and Middle East countries. With additional supplies, the RNTA could also expand its local cigarette manufacture – it currently ...
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