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Boka Tobacco Auction Floors
Auction floor · Harare, Zimbabwe · also called Boka, Boka Auction House, Boka floors
One of Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors, where flue-cured leaf is sold by open auction to registered merchants. Selling is seasonal: the national marketing season opens in March and runs while the crop lasts, and prices are struck bale by bale on the floor.
What trades at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors
| Crop | Sold by | Supply peaks |
|---|---|---|
 Tobacco |
bale | March to July |
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Selling here
- Trading days
- Every day
- Currency
- USD, ZWG
Seasonal — the marketing season opens in March.
Auction sales are struck in US dollars, with a portion of proceeds paid out in local currency under the prevailing retention rules — check the current split before you deliver.
Graded produce is sold by open auction to registered buyers. You must register before you deliver, and the price is struck on the floor.
Off Simon Mazorodze Road, Harare. Growers deliver graded, baled leaf and must be registered with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board before they can sell.
Places that could sell into Boka Tobacco Auction Floors
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Chitungwiza · 16 km
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Seke · 18 km
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Ruwa · 23 km
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Harare · 25 km
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Chegutu · 34 km
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Norton · 39 km
Boka Tobacco Auction Floors prices, and what to grow for it
Prices here move hour to hour, so they belong in the app rather than on a web page — a printed number would be wrong before you read it, and a live one from the traders standing in this market will not be.
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Frequently asked questions
What is sold at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors?
Boka Tobacco Auction Floors trades tobacco. One of Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors, where flue-cured leaf is sold by open auction to registered merchants. Selling is seasonal: the national marketing season opens in March and runs while the crop lasts, and prices are struck bale by bale on the floor.
When is tobacco cheapest at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors?
Supply of tobacco into Boka Tobacco Auction Floors peaks March to July, and that is when prices are usually at their lowest. Selling just before the peak, rather than in the middle of it, is where the money is.
What currency is used at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors?
USD, ZWG. Auction sales are struck in US dollars, with a portion of proceeds paid out in local currency under the prevailing retention rules — check the current split before you deliver.
What time does Boka Tobacco Auction Floors open?
Every day. Seasonal — the marketing season opens in March.
What are today's prices at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors?
Divisi does not publish daily prices for Boka Tobacco Auction Floors — they move hour to hour, and a number printed on a web page would be wrong before you read it. Market prices are coming to the Divisi app, reported by the farmers and traders who are actually there. Install it and you will have them the day they land.