The tobacco selling season opened with good prospects for higher prices this year after prices hit US$4,99 per kg on the first day of trading last week, with the first bale having sold for US$4,70 per kg, up from US$4,45 per kg fetched by the first bale to go under the hammer last year.
Prices for the rest of the crop ranged from US$4,10 to US$4,56 although some of the bales sold for as little as US$1,35 per kg.
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