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tobaccoasia 55 NTRM? NDTP? SORT IT OUT ! Do you have Non Tobacco Related Material or Non Desired Tobacco Products in your tobacco product stream? Let us help you sort them out. Find out more on www.tomra.com/tobacco Tobacco field in Zimbabwe with irrigation pipes its principal customers – in descending order as per volume shipped – being located in China (in- cluding Hong Kong SAR), Africa, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia), Eu- rope and, last but not least, the United States. "Asia to us is a particularly important market as it accounts for a rather stable 60-65% of our annual trade," explains the company's sales di- rector, Ryan Sherwood. "But then again, [among Asian nations] China is extremely important to CTP and has been throughout the company's existence. CTP places tremendous focus and ef- fort on assuring that we provide China and all our customers [there] with the highest level of prod- uct integrity. Quality is CTP's first and foremost objective, and business with China has remained consistent over the last three years." Expecting that its future market shares espe- cially in China will continue to stay stable, Sher- wood elaborates that additional growth will be solely at the discretion of China Tobacco Interna- tional Inc., the country's state-run, quasi-monop- oly enterprise that determines the volume of for- eign-grown and processed tobacco leaf imports. Zimbabwe is land-locked so, CTP's exports to customers worldwide are predominately chan- neled through two ports in Africa, namely Beira (Mozambique) and Durban (South Africa). The merchandise is road-hauled or railed directly from the capital Harare to either of these ports in or- der to meet specific vessels that in turn service the majority of the world's ports. "Logistics and the efficient movement of tobacco globally is one of CTP's strong points and the company is well equipped to service all of its customers' needs," asserts Sherwood. He also stresses that the overall cost of pro- duction is vital to all concerned in the trade cycle, and that his company fares well in that regard, too.