Tag: tobacco
Economy 03.09.23 | 20:12

Tobacco harvest is 30 to 40 percent lower than last year

Tobacco farmers say that their harvest is down by 30 to 40 percent compared to last year. The reason is the rain that hit during the planting season and the drought right before harvest. “We have tobacco of excellent quality but the quantity will be much smaller than last year, despite the expansion...
Economy 27.05.23 | 09:01

WHO called out Macedonia to stop subsidizing tobacco

The World Health Organization (WHO) called upon all countries to stop subsidizing tobacco cultivation and to redirect the finances to subsidizing food. Among the countries included in the WHO report, Macednia ranks as the 20th most important exporter of tobacco in the world. The Macedonian Government...
Macedonia 09.04.23 | 22:32

Macedonians lead Europe in the number of cigarettes they smoke per year

Macedonain citizens topped Europe in the number of cigarettes they smoke in a year. A report conducted by Tobacco Atlas for 2019 show that Macedonians smoked on average 2,515 cigarettes a year. We are followed by countries like Bulgaria (2,495) and Belarus (2,432). On the other end is Sweden, which is...
Economy 04.01.22 | 20:42

Pelagonija mayors and MPs in defense of tobacco growers demand amendments to the Law on Tobacco

There should be changes in the Law on Tobacco, and the initiative will be submitted to the Parliament next week, stated six mayors and four MPs from the Pelagonija region at a meeting held this afternoon in Prilep local self-government, at the initiative of Mayor Borce Jovceski. The meeting was attended...
Economy 31.07.21 | 10:43

VMRO-DPMNE: We will ban the import of tobacco until all domestic production is purchased

Tobacco is a strategic agricultural crop from which tens of thousands of families live in Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release on Saturday. Zaev’s government has shown that it does not care about their labor, but puts itself on the side of the buyers and that is why the tobacco growers...
Macedonia 12.03.21 | 10:18

Nikolovski: Deputy Prime Minister Nikolovski involved in illegal import of tobacco

A company linked to Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski is responsible for illegally importing several trucks with tobacco. Trading in tobacco is highly regulated in Macedonia, and the Studenac Shred company which made the import was not licensed. The Customs Offices confirmed that the company illegally...
Macedonia Economy 11.03.21 | 14:44

Tobacco farmers blocked the Pletvar pass to protest low prices

Tobacco farmers from Prilep blockaded the Pletvar mountain pass today for two hours, protesting the exceptionally low prices they were given for this year’s harvest. They blame the Government for failing to stop cigarettes companies from undervaluing the crops, and insist that good quality tobacco...
Macedonia Economy 02.03.21 | 18:51

Ruling majority in Parliament is unable to deliver aid to the badly hit tobacco farmers

The ruling majority’s inability to convene the Parliament, due to its very narrow cushion of votes, is badly affecting the tobacco farmers. This agricultural branch was crushed by exceptionally low prices this season, and the opposition parties have proposed changes to the law on growing tobacco...
Macedonia Economy 15.02.21 | 19:50

VMRO proposes changes to the tobacco law after the industry was hit by a disastrous year

The VMRO-DPMNE group in Parliament proposed urgent changes to the law on tobacco cultivation, after farmers face drastically lower prices compared to last year. The average price of 160 denars per kilogram is 60 denars below the price received last year. In reality, most farmers don’t even receive...
Economy 12.02.21 | 17:35

Hoxha: Tobacco purchase price won’t be less than 180 denars

The Tobacco Growers’ Association, the board in charge of organizing protests and purchasing companies are set to meet this coming Monday to define the methodology according to which EUR five million in aid will be distributed to tobacco growers under the fifth set of anti-crisis measures, Minister...
Macedonia Economy 04.02.21 | 20:02

Dolneni, one of Macedonia’s main tobacco growing regions, is hit hard by the drop in prices

Tobacco farmers from Dolneni, near Prilep, say they are forced to cut in half the land they allocate to their main cash crop, after the disastrous prices they were offered for this year’s harvest. We have 800 households with 4,000 people in the village of Debreste who live off of tobacco. We will...
Macedonia 04.01.21 | 19:18

Mickoski: Zaev forgot about the problems that our tobacco farmers face

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski endorsed the protest of the tobacco and grape farmers in Skopje today, who gathered before the Government building angry over the exceptionally low prices their harvests are getting this year. While domestic grown tobacco remains unsold, the Government is allowing...
Macedonia 04.01.21 | 17:05

Tobacco and grape farmers held a protest in front of the Government building

Tobacco and grape farmers held a protest in front of the Government building today, demanding help after the price for their harvests hit rock bottom. From the start of this year’s sales we saw we are being played. They take our high quality tobacco and evaluate it poorly. Last year we would sell...
Economy 25.12.20 | 11:37

The price of tobacco dropped when the Zaev family entered the tobacco business

A few months ago I said that with the Zaev family entering the tobacco business, the tobacco will be devalued, the vice president of VMRO-DPMNE Aleksandar Nikoloski said on the “Zaspij ako mozes” show. Now the price of tobacco is the lowest in the last few years, the classes are not valued...
Macedonia Economy 22.12.20 | 22:37

Tobacco farmers say they will all join the ranks of people living below the poverty line if current prices remain

Tobacco farmers across Macedonia continue to face exceptionally low prices, with 2.5 EUR offered on average per a kilogram of this year’s harvest. Compared to last year, this is a disastrous price. We are all angry. We can’t support a family on 5,000 EUR per year. Nobody in my family works,...
News 21.12.20 | 18:50

Tobacco farmers say they continue to get unrealistically low estimates from the cigarette companies

Tobacco farmers aligned in several associations protest against the record low prices that their harvest has fetched this year. We signed an agreement on Friday and we expected that things will improve, but the problems have largely remained the same. Some farmers are satisfied but the majority are not....
Economy 06.12.20 | 14:08

Tobacco farmers live their darkest days, a kilogram of tobacco purchased for 150 denars

In the days when the tobacco farmers should be the happiest and when they should be payed for their labor, they are currently living their most difficult days in the last decade, said Cvetan Tripunovski from VMRO-DPMNE. A kilogram of tobacco is purchased for 150 denars. This is not even enough to cover...
Economy 06.12.20 | 13:44

Live: Tobacco farmers in Prilep stage protest

Out of 23 thousand tons as much as this year’s tobacco harvest weighs, only 250 tons have been purchased so far at an average purchase price of about 135 denars. Last year, in the same period, 10 thousand tons were purchased at an average purchase price of 220 denars, claims the union of tobacco...
Macedonia Economy 04.12.20 | 14:25

Tobacco farmers angry at the price they’re getting for this year’s harvest

Agriculture Minister Arianit Hoxha proposed that the ranking of tobacco is changed and the 4th, worst quality category, is abolished. The reason is that cigarette companies have been evaluating the current harvest as very poor quality and have offered very low prices for it. Hoxha acknowledged that the...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 15:00

Nikoloski: The Zaev family plans to buy the Strumica tobacco plant

The Zaev family is planning to purchase the major Strumica cigarette factory, and is deliberately undercutting tobacco prices in the region in the process, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, who is running against Zaev in the rural south-eastern district. The agricultural mafia struck...
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