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Kochi Jan. 9 Firm price trends were evident at the Kochi Tea Auction which had high dust tea arrivals as against low arrivals at the leaf tea auction. Major blenders were selective at the dust auction, while loose tea trade lent fair amount of buying support. Plainer CTC varieties particularly the cleaner varieties witnessed fair amount of export enquiry and their prices spurted by close to Rs 10.

There was 12.94 lakh kg of dust tea on offer where high priced CTC prices fluctuated within a narrow range while medium CTC remained steady. Orthodox dust grades generally quoted higher. Best CTC dust fetched Rs 93-116, medium CTC was at Rs 80-92 and below medium quoted Rs 63-75. High grown BOPD ranged at Rs 106-110 while medium BOPD realized Rs 55-60.

There was 2.55 lakh kg of leaf tea on offer where high grown varieties quoted higher, whole leaf grades remained steady and medium orthodox grades were steady to dearer.

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