Tobacco producers from Veles got their money. More than 1,500 tobacco producers, who until December 31 2013 delivered part of its production received subsidies. The tobacco producers from the municipalities Gradsko, Chaska, Lozovo and Veles came to the counters of banks to get their subsidies.
- The Government fulfilled promise that will soon pay subsidies. By the end of last year, I delivered ton of tobacco. These days I will deliver 500 kilograms. Today I took the first subsidies, and I believe that soon I will take for rest – says Zoran Nakov from Karatmanovo for Vecher.
Purchase of tobacco in Veles is about to finish. From the purchasing points of the companies “Alliance” and “Sokomak” and others, we were told that from the last year’s harvest are purchased more than 1,500 tons of high quality tobacco and the average price is 154 MKD per kilogram.
In Veles more than 2,000 families deal with producing tobacco. Last year, the tobacco in municipalities Veles, Chaska, Urban, Lozovo was found at 1,030 hectares. By the end of this season is expected to be purchased another 300 tons of high quality tobacco. The farmers from Veles area announced this year to increase tobacco areas by another 300 hectares. The largest amounts of tobacco were sold by the inhabitants of the villages Buzalkovo, Orizari, Chaska, Ivankovci, Karatmanovo and Izvor.