Christmas holidays and the absence of auctions in different South Indian centres boosted costs of sure styles of tea on the Coonoor Tea public sale centre final week.
Merchants mentioned in sale 51, high-priced and higher liquoring types had been dearer by Rs 3 to Rs 4, and generally extra consistent with high quality. The higher medium types had been dearer by Rs 1 to 2, and extra at instances. The brokens had been barely regular to dearer by Rs 1 to 2.
In keeping with International Tea Auctioneers, 87 per cent of the 14,53,240 kg provided within the leaf grade was bought, whereas 77 per cent of the three,97,508 kg provided within the mud class was bought.
Within the orthodox leaf class, major entire leaf grades had been barely regular to sometimes dearer by Rs 2 to Rs 3 and extra at instances. The brokens had been decrease Rs 2 to Rs 3, with some withdrawals.
Lack of bids
In mud CTC, high-priced and higher liquoring types had been dearer by Rs 3 to Rs 4, and extra at instances, consistent with high quality. The higher medium types had been decrease by Rs 2 to Rs 3. The mediums types had been barely regular to simpler by Rs 1 to Rs 2, with some withdrawals as a consequence of lack of bids. The plainer types had been simpler by Rs 1 to 2, and extra with truthful withdrawals.
Major orthodox mud grades had been decrease by Rs 5 to six, whereas secondaries and finer dusts had been barely regular to simpler by Rs 1 to 2.
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