About 86 per cent of 10.67 lakh kg on offer at Sale No: 46 of Coonoor Tea Trade Association was sold with an increased demand for Dust grades.
Homedale Estate’s Red Dust, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the Dust tea auction and the entire CTC market when Poonam Traders bought bit for ₹206 per kg. No other CTC grade crossed ₹200/kg mark.
In the orthodox market, Chamraj topped at ₹259 a kg, followed by Kodanad ₹228, Havukal ₹226 and Kairbetta ₹221.
Most buyers for Pakistan were silent this week.