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Belgium tops Zim tobacco export destinations

by Staff Reporter
22 May 2014 at 17:09hrs | Views
Belgium is still Zimbabwe's top tobacco export destination in the 2014 marketing season, with more than 3,7 million kilogrammes worth US$10,6 million having been sold to the European country.

South Africa is the second top tobacco export destination with a total of 2.4 million kilogrammes finding its way across the Limpopo River.

China, which for the past seasons has been the leading destination for the country's tobacco, is currently the forth leading tobacco export destination with a total of 2.2 million kilogrammes having been exported to the Asian country.

Other countries in the top ten export destination include the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Sudan and the United Kingdom.

During the same period last year, South Africa was the top tobacco destination with tobacco worth US$28 million sold to the regional country.

Source - zbc