Tea Volume On Offer At Coonoor Increases

Coonoor: A sudden forge in catalogues has increased the offer for the Sale No: 32 of the auctions of the Coonoor tea trade Association (CTTA) to be held Aug 9 and Aug 10. A volume of 11.82 lakh kg has been catalogued, marking an increase of 1.1 lakh kg over the offer of last week. Of the 11.82 lakh kg on offer now, as much as 8.73 lakh kg belongs to the leaf grades and 3.09 lakh kg to dust grades. Within the leaf catalogues, only 0.38 lakh kg belongs to the orthodox variety and as much as 8.35 lakh kg to the CTC variety. In the dust category, only 0.47 lakh kg belongs to orthodox, while CTC totals 2.62 lakh kg.