While arrivals of both dust and leaf teas continue to dwindle at the Kochi Tea Auction prices remained steady. There was 9,96,000 kg of dust and 2,24,000 kg of leaf tea on offer.

Good liquoring CTC dust grades remained firm. Tata Global, AVT and Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation continued to be active on good liquoring teas. Hindustan Unilever was selective at the CTC dust auction. Loose tea traders were subdued while exporters bought less than last week.

At the orthodox dust auction prices of high grown grades tended to ease. Medium primary grades remained steady.

Exporters lent fair amount of support. Prices of several orthodox dust grades quoted lower prompting withdrawals from the orthodox dust auction.

All varieties of Nilgiri teas remained firm to dearer at the orthodox leaf auction as buyers pursued better quality. Medium bolder broken and whole orthodox leaf remained fully firm to dearer. Although fannings also remained dearer, there was fair amount of withdrawals.

Traditional exporters to CIS countries were active. Exporters to Tunisia were subdued. HUL was selective while upcountry buyers were active.

Fannings witnessed demand from tea bag exporters. High priced teas quoted lower at the CTC leaf auction. Prices of most other grades were weaker.

Bulk of the offerings was absorbed by upcountry buyers. Fair amount of export enquiry was noticed. AVT remained selective at the CTC leaf auction.

Top Prices

Injipara SFD fetched the top price at the dust auction at Rs 131 . At the leaf auction Pascoe's green tea fetched the top price at Rs 289 .

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