Coimbatore Sale To See Lower Demand For Orthodox Dust

Coimbatore: Total offerings at the weekly tea auctions held here on Sept 21, totaled to 5.60 lakh kg of which leaf grades accounted for 1.49 lakh kg and the rest was of the dust. On the orthodox leaf category, the Nilgiri whole leaf and larger leaf grades remained barely steady and the brokens ruled easier by up to Rs 2. CIS exporters lent fair support and internal demand limited to whole leaf grades. Small quantity of good liquoring CTC leaf witnessed fair demand. The medium ones were quoting lower by Rs 2 and select clean black plainer teas were picked by Pakistan exporters.