Regie collects 8000 tons of tobacco worth LBP 94 billion

The President of the Administration of the Regie and its Director General, engineer Nassif Saklaowi, honored the experts who contributed to the 2014 tobacco campaign as well as all the collection committees working in the South, the North and the Beqaa, the celebration was held at the Regie’s headquarters in Hadeth and was attended by members of the administrative committee, directors and other officials. In his opening remarks, Saklaowi praised the huge efforts of the technical team who concluded the 2014 campaign in record time of no more than a month and a half. During that short period the Regie collected 8000 tons of tobacco from more than 23000 farmers, from all over Lebanon. The total value of the 2014 tobacco harvest reached LBP 94 billion. Saklaowi also noted some of the key achievements of the Regie during the past few years namely the introduction of a computerization system, the domiciliation of the farmers’ accounts and speeding up the process of collecting and financially settling the harvest. (Al Diyar, As Safir, 25 April)