China serves as important tobacco market for Zimbabwe: official


HARARE, May 15 (Xinhua) -- China remains an important destination for Zimbabwean tobacco leaf, accounting for more than 60 percent of the country's leaf exports worldwide, a Zimbabwean minister said on Wednesday.

Responding to a question from Xinhua on the sidelines of the inaugural World Tobacco Africa Conference and Expo, which kicked off in the national capital of Harare on Wednesday, Zimbabwean Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Anxious Masuka hailed China's contribution to the revival of Zimbabwe's tobacco leaf production over the past two decades.

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