Challenges of the tobacco production chain headline events at Expointer

The impact of American tariffs on tobacco exports, the preparations for the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP 11) of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), and the regulation of Electronic Smoking Devices (ESDs) were highlights of meetings held in Esteio (RS). Representatives of entities, authorities, and regional and state leaders participated in the meetings held at the Assis Brasil Exhibition Park, where the 48th Expointer is taking place, to discuss these and other topics of interest to the tobacco production chain, a sector that drives the economy of 206 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul and involves 267,000 people in the rural sector in Rio Grande do Sul alone. Exports of tobacco and the impact of the US tariff About to complete a month in effect, the additional 50% tariff on Brazilian tobacco destined for the US was one of the highlights of the speech by the president of SindiTabaco, Valmor Thesing, at the National Seminar of the Tobacco Production Chain, ...