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D-carry-over-stock Dictionary

Carry-Over Stock

Stock left unsold from a previous season, which weighs on prices

All termsIntroduced in M19Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
Stock left unsold from a previous season, which weighs on prices
How to use it
Watch carry-over stocks as a warning of lower prices.
South African benchmark
South Africa's grain market reports carry-over stocks each season as a price signal.
Country notes
High global carry-over stocks pushed tobacco prices down in 2026.
Go and read
M19-U3
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A121, LIB-A122, LIB-P-Tobacco, LIB-P-Tobacco-IP
See also
Market glut
Tobacco: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedTobacco: how the business runsSold bykg of cured leaf per hectare1Seedbed2Transplant3Reap leaves4Cure in barn5Auction or contract floorZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Tobacco Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M19 Tobacco.