CTC makes clear cut headway in tea market

Kolkata, June 5(UNI) CTC variety has made consistent and substantial headway in the tea market, with 1,061,603 kgs sold this week.

According to this week's Kolkata Tea Market Report, there has been good sale of the CTC variety, especially in Western India. CTC variety of good liquoring teas had also attracted exporters.

While the local dealers dealt mainly with the major blender selectively, the sale had increased at a considerable rate.

Western India also savoured the taste of the dust variety of tea, followed by the Orthodox and Darjeeling variety, with later witnessing a decline in sales.

The dust variety achieved a sale of 370,219.40 kgs, followed by orthodox having sales of 219,604.80 kgs and Darjeeling variety achieving sales amounting to 144,807.20 kgs.

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