Steady to easy trend at Kochi orthodox leaf tea auction

Tag : Tea Leaf


There was good demand from exporters for orthodox leaf tea and alsofor smaller CTC leaf varieties at the Kochi Tea Auction. Exportdemand was more muted at the dust tea auction. Blenders were fairlyactive at the dust auction while interstate buyers were less activeat the leaf tea auction.

There was 8,59,000 kg of dust tea on offer where CTC prices easedby Rs 2-3. Medium CTC prices remained barely steady. Orthodox highgrown dust remained steady to dearer, while medium orthodox priceseased by Re 1 to Rs 2. Best CTC dust fetched Rs 67-78, medium CTCquoted Rs 60-65 and below medium was at Rs 55-60. High grown BOPDquoted Rs 90-100, medium BOPD fetched Rs 52-56 and secondariesranged at Rs 50-52. Leaf Sale

There was 3,22,000 kg of leaf tea on offer and prices of orthodoxhigh grown broken and whole leaf grades were dearer by Rs 2-3. Highgrown fannings was steady following quality while medium orthodoxbroken remained steady.

Medium whole leaf grades were dearer, while medium fanningswitnessed less demand. Best Nilgiri varieties commanded Rs 85-105,medium orthodox was at Rs 70-92 and plain orthodox quoted Rs 65-72.Best CTC leaf fetched Rs 61-70 and medium CTC leaf was at Rs 51-60. Top Prices

In the dust category Kodanad BOPD fetched the top price at Rs 100,followed by Pasuparai SFD at Rs 91, Parkside BOPD at Rs 90 andPasuparai FD at Rs 85.

In the tea leaf category Chamraj FOP, Chamraj OP, Havukal FOP, GlendaleFP all fetched the top price at Rs 126.