As much as 90 per cent of the teas offered for sale at Sale 29 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association was sold with the average prices crashing to a new low of ₹78.90 a kg. This was the lowest price in the past 12 months.

Among the bought leaf factories selling CTC teas, only Homedale Tea Factory could enter the high-price bracket of ₹200/kg. Its Super Red Dust, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the CTC market when Om Enterprises bought it for ₹221 a kg. Among the orthodox teas, Kodanad topped at ₹259 a kg followed by Kairbetta ₹236, Nonsuch Orthodox ₹227 and Chamraj ₹225.

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