The falling trend witnessed for the last few weeks in the Coonoor Tea Trade Association auction continues for Sale No: 37 to be held on Thursday and Friday. A volume of 13.39 lakh kg has been catalogued – as much as 1.71 lakh kg less than the offer of last week.

Of this, 9.11 lakh kg belong to the leaf grades and 4.24 lakh kg belong to the dust grades. As much as 12.46 lakh kg belong to CTC variety and only 93,000 kg to orthodox variety. In the leaf counter, only 43,000 kg belong to orthodox while 8.68 lakh kg to CTC.

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