A good demand resulted in the spurting of prices of almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi Tea auction last week.
Of the 11,57,000 kg on offer in the CTC dust varieties, the market opened on a steady to irregularly dearer note by Re 1 to Rs 2 and moved up following quality as the sale progressed. Plainer teas barely ruled steady to sometimes dearer, especially the grainer varieties.
In the best CTC dust category, PD varieties were quoted at Rs 93/108, RD varieties ruled at Rs 94/106, SRD quoted at Rs 100/112 and SFD at Rs 104/116.
The leaf category at the auction also witnessed a good demand and the quantity on offer for Orthodox varieties was 164,000 kg. Highgrown Bolder Brokens Whole Leaf was firm to dearer following quality.
Smaller Brokens witnessed strong feature and move up by Rs 5 to Rs 10. Fannings better varieties remained steady. Medium, well-made Clean Black Bolden Brokens, all tippy varieties and whole leaf steady to firm and sometimes dearer by Rs 3 to Rs 5. Corresponding Fannings firm to dearer. Of the quantity of 97,000 kg on offer in the CTC leaf varieties, Good Liquoring varieties dearer by Rs 3 to Rs 5 and sometimes more. Others barely remained steady and tended to ease.
In the dust category, both Injipara (Prm) SFD and SRD quoted the best prices of Rs 138 followed by Injipara (Prm) RD at Rs 136. In the leaf category, Chamraj FOP Green Tea quoted the best prices of Rs 250 followed by Chamraj FBOP (Sup) at Rs 221.