Comments
Total offerings (packages) at the three North Indian auction centres in Kolkata, Guwahati and Siliguri this week were 4,25,304 compared with 3,45,163 in the corresponding sale of last year, according to J Thomas & Company Pvt Ltd., the tea auctioneers.
The offerings at Kolkata were 2,03,814 (1,78,720) comprising 1,54,522 (1,24,227) of CTC/Dust, 40,578 (47,907) of Orthodox and 8,714 (6,586) of Darjeeling. The corresponding offerings at Guwahati were 1,22,877 (93,963) and at Siliguri 98,613 (72,480).
Selected Assam CTC teas maintaining quality were irregular around last, while the remainder eased in value. Fannings saw an easier trend. Dooars were irregularly around last levels. Tata Global was the mainstay but there was fair enquiry from Hindustan Unilever. Western India dealers were active for the liquoring sorts. There was fair support from local and other internal sections. Exporters operated primarily on bolder brokens. Selected orthodox tippy whole leaf grades were firm, while the remainder were irregular around last. Fannings eased in value. Continental buyers operated for tippy sorts. Local dealers operated on the fannings and smaller brokens. North India operated on the bolder whole leaf.
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.