About 87 per cent of the teas offered at Sale 31 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association was sold with the average price remaining flat at around ₹80.29 a kg. Among the bought leaf factories selling CTC teas, only Homedale Tea Factory could enter the high-price bracket of ₹200/kg.
Homedale Red Dust grade, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the entire CTC market when Shree Abirami Enterprises bought it for ₹261 a kg. Homedale Broken Orange Pekoe grade, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the CTC Leaf market fetching ₹205 a kg. Among the orthodox teas, Kodanad topped at ₹287 a kg followed by Chamraj ₹232 and Kairbetta ₹220.
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