As much as 95 per cent of 15.44 lakh kg offered for Sale No: 32 of Coonoor Tea Trade Association auction was sold despite the average prices rising to ₹90.33 a kg from previous week’s ₹88.29 due to increased demand.
No CTC grade entered the high-price bracket of ₹200/kg. The Broken Orange Pekoe Small of Darmona Estate, topped the Leaf auction as also the entire CTC market at ₹180 a kg.
In the Dust Tea auction, Homedale Estate’s Red Dust, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped at ₹175, closely followed by Darmona Estates’ Super Red Dust at ₹174. In the orthodox market, Chamraj topped at ₹134 a kg followed by Kairbetta at ₹218.