Dust Tea At Kochi Auction Witnesses Good Demand

Kochi: Good general demand shored up the price of quality CTC dust tea by Rs 2 to 3 at the Kochi tea auction. Other CTC varieties were firm to dearer while poorer CTC witnessed less demand. Orthodox high grown was dearer while medium varieties remained firm. There was 10.8 lakh kg of dust tea on offer at the auction. Best High grown BOPD ranged between Rs 60 and 108, medium BOPD was between Rs 43 and Rs 46 while secondaries quoted between Rs 30 and 35. Good CTC was dearer by Rs 1. Orthodox grades witnessed good demand from exporters. In the dust segment, Kodanad BOPD commanded the top price at Rs 108, followed by Parkside BOPD at Rs 99, Pasuparai FD at Rs 97 and Shanthi SFD at Rs 91. In the leaf segment, Havukal BOPF got the top price at Rs 136, followed by Havukal FOP at Rs 125, Chamraj FOP at Rs 120 and Chamraj OP at Rs 110.