Coonoor Tea Auctions To Witness Higher Volume

Coonoor: The volume offered for Sale No: 36 of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association auctions to be conducted here on Sept 6 and Sept 7 has increased by 44,000 kg over last week's offer due to increased arrivals and listing of unsold teas from the previous auctions. Catalogues of all the brokers add up to a volume of 10.02 lakh kg. Of the 10.02 lakh kg, as much as 6.87 lakh kg belong to the leaf grades and 3.15 lakh kg, to dust grades. In the leaf catalogues, orthodox variety adds up to only 0.29 lakh kg even as the CTC totals 6.58 lakh kg. In the dust catalogues, orthodox adds to 0.38 lakh kg, while the CTC volume is 2.77 lakh kg.