Farai Mabeza
Tobacco farmers will get fifty percent of their proceeds in foreign currency, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) announced.
In a statement the two organisations said the money would be paid into foreign currency accounts (FCAs) and advised the farmers to open accounts.
“The 50% foreign currency portion shall be paid directly into the grower’s foreign currency bank accounts and the 50 percent local currency portion directly into the growers’ local currency bank accounts or e-wallets on the day of the sale,” read a statement co-signed by John Mangudya and Andrew Matibiri.
The central bank and the TIMB said the foreign currency shall be classified as free funds. سباقات السيارات
“To facilitate adequate preparations and importation of inputs for the next growing season the foreign currency entitlements for growers shall be treated as free funds and maybe retained in their FCAs for an indefinite period. For the avoidance of any doubt, holders of such funds are permitted to conduct their inter-FCA transfers or effect foreign payments without any restrictions and the FCA balances will not be subject to any liquidation requirements,” they said. كوتشينة بالانجليزي مواقع رياضية
“Tobacco growers who require cash to settle immediate essential requirements such as transport expenses and other incidentals shall have access to cash, at a rate of ZW. خدمه العملاء كونكر 50 per kg of green leaf tobacco sold, up to a maximum of ZW00. ألعاب تربح فلوس حقيقية 00. The maximum cash withdrawals may be reviewed as the selling season progresses,” RBZ and TIMB added.
Tobacco growers who have contracted loans in foreign currency shall pay the loans in foreign currency and as such upon sale of the tobacco, the foreign loans shall be payable and deducted from the proceeds of the sale of the tobacco and thereafter 50 percent of the sale proceeds shall be paid in foreign currency and the other 50 percent shall be converted at the applicable exchange rate on the day of sale and paid in local currency.
Tobacco growers will be required to adhere to the stipulated booking requirements for selling of tobacco at the auctions or contract floors and tobacco growers without booking tickets for the day’s sale shall not be permitted to offload their bales at the auction or contract floors
Zimbabwe is the largest grower of tobacco in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Three types of tobacco are traditionally grown in the country; Virginia (flue cured), burley and oriental (air cured) tobacco. The marketing of green leaf tobacco will be conducted either through contract farming sales or the auction system. فيلم سباق السيارات
