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Active participation of regional blenders lifts prices of good liquoring varieties at Kochi auctions.
The market for good liquoring and popular marks in CTC dust was fully firm to dearer by ₹2-5 a kg and sometimes more. Mediums were steady to firm and occasionally dearer following quality. The quantity on offer in sale no 11 was 8,00,000 kg.
There was a fair participation from upcountry buyers and exporters confined to medium and planer ones, the auctioneers Forbes, Ewart & Figgis said. The market for orthodox dust was firm to dearer and the quantity on offer was 10,500 kg. A small quantity on offer was absorbed by exporters and upcountry buyers.
In Cochin CTC dust quotation, good varieties fetched ₹120-175, mediums quoted ₹93-138 and plain grades stood at ₹81-98.
In the leaf category, the market for Nilgiri brokens in orthodox grades was higher by ₹5-7 and sometimes more following quality. Whole leaf appreciated by longer margins of ₹10-15. The quantity on offer was 116,000 kg.
In CTC leaf, the market for good liquoring teas was firm to dearer. The quantity on offer was 61,000 kg.
Monica SFD quoted the best prices of ₹176 in dust varieties followed by Monica FD at ₹159. In leaf, Chamraj FOP came to the top quoting ₹451 followed by Chamraj FOP-S (Green tea) at ₹416.
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