Tobacco floors open in Limbe with quotas tightened amid soft demand

Average green-leaf price ticks up 8 percent year on year, but volumes are 17 percent lower.

Steve Banda Senior writer

5 May 2026

5 min

The 2026 selling season opened on Monday under tighter quotas and a softer demand outlook.

Senior writer

Steve writes long-form features on the real economy - from tobacco floors to power plants to the M1 corridor.