Both leaf and dust auctions of Sale No. 13 will take place on April 1, contrary to the Coonoor Tea Trade Association's initial programme to conduct leaf auctions of Sale No. 13 on March 31 and dust on April 1.

According to the initial programme, all leaf auctions were meant to be conducted on Thursdays and dust auctions on Fridays. But now, buyers have expressed difficulty in accounting as leaf auctions would happen in the current fiscal and dust auctions of the same Sale No. 13 in the next fiscal. So it has been decided to conduct both auctions on April 1.

Accordingly, the transaction of 8.53 lakh kg of leaf grades worth over Rs 6 crore scheduled for Thursday will be taken up on Friday.

Consequently, auctions for the current financial year have concluded with Sale No. 12. In all, 51 auctions were conducted. This financial year ended on a disappointment with 31 per cent of the offer worth over Rs 2.52 crore remaining unsold for want of buyers. Quality teas, however, gained recognition. Four grades of Vigneshwar speciality teas topped CTC market. “Our Broken Orange Pekoe Fanning topped CTC market fetching Rs 169 a kg, followed by Broken Pekoe at Rs 168. Our Pekoe Dust topped dust market at Rs 165, followed by Super Fine Dust at Rs 160. Our teas also fetched the next two top prices in dust market. In all, our 13 grades got Rs 103 and more,” Vigneshwar Managing Partner Mr Ramesh Bhojarajan told Business Line .

Homedale Estate got Rs 148, Honeydew Rs 145, Hittakkal Estate Rs 136, Shanthi Supreme Rs 132, and Sree Tea Supreme and Professor Rs 131 each.

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