CTC:

• DEMAND - GOOD FOR LIQUORING VARIETIES, FAIR FOR REMAINDER

• SELECT BRIGHT LIQUORING ASSAMS WERE WELL COMPETED FOR, WHILST THE REMAINDER WERE IRREGULAR AROUND LAST

• DOOARS ESTATES EASED FOLLOWING DROP IN QUALITY, BOUGHT LEAF SEGMENT MAINTAINED LAST WEEK'S LEVELS

• BEST/GOOD DUSTS WERE READILY ABSORBED AND RECORDED ATTRACTIVE PRICES

• WI WAS ACTIVE WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM LOCAL DEALERS. EXPORTERS OPERATED ON ORTHODOX DUSTS

ORTHODOX:

• STRONG DEMAND.

• LEVELS WERE IRREGULAR AROUND LAST TO AT TIMES LOWER FOLLOWING QUALITY, ESPECIALLY MORE FOR THE LARGER BROKENS.

• BOLDER WHOLE LEAF GRADES, HOWEVER, SOLD AT FIRM RATES.

• EXPORTERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND CIS WERE ACTIVE.