Benzinga | Aug 7, 2020 04:22PM EDT

Universal Corporation Obtains U.S. Customs Modification for Malawi Tobacco

RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) announced today that it has successfully obtained a modification from U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") of an existing Withhold Release Order ("WRO") on all imports of tobacco from Malawi into the United States. The modification, effective July 31, 2020, excludes the Company's Malawi subsidiary, Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Ltd. ("Limbe Leaf"), from the WRO and confirms that tobacco imported from Limbe Leaf is admissible at all U.S. ports of entry.