A volume of 13.70 lakh kg would be offered for Sale No: 18 of Coonoor Tea Trade Association auction to take place on Thursday and Friday, reveals an analysis of the brokers’ listings.

This is the highest volume in 11 weeks. It is some 26,000 kg more than last week’s offer and as much as 4.10 lakh kg more than the offer this time last year.

Of the 13.44 lakh kg on offer, 9.74 lakh kg belongs to the leaf grades and 3.70 lakh kg belongs to the dust grades. As much as 12.66 lakh kg belongs to CTC variety and only 0.78 lakh kg, orthodox variety. In the Leaf auction last week, Hindustan Unilever Ltd bought brighter liquoring and medium varieties while Duncans Tea Ltd was fairly active on medium brokens. Godfrey Philips India Ltd operated on medium grades .

In the Dust auction, HUL, Tata Global and Duncans were selective. AV Thomas and Co Ltd bought brighter liquoring smaller grades. Exporters were selective on plainer grades but upcountry buyers demanded brighter liquoring teas.

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