CTC:

• DEMAND: GOOD FOR LIQUORING TEAS, WEAK FOR REMAINDER.

• GOOD / BEST ASSAMS WERE FIRM, BALANCE EASED FOLLOWING QUALITY AND WITNESSED SOME WITHDRAWALS. LIQUORING FANNINGS WERE WELL COMPETED FOR.

• DOOARS SOLD AROUND LAST.

• DUST FOLLOWED A SIMILAR TREND. LIQUORING PD's WERE READILY ABSORBED.

• WI MAINSTAY. EXPORTERS, MAJOR BLENDERS AND INTERNAL TRADE LENT FAIR SUPPORT.

• WHILST THE UP TO DATE AVERAGES ARE DOWN BY AROUND RS 13/-, THE OUT LOT IS LOWER BY 10% WHEN COMPARED WITH 2022.

ORTHODOX:

• GOOD DEMAND WHICH IMPROVED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE SALE.

• LEVELS WERE FIRM TO DEARER FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PRIMARY WHOLE LEAF AND LEAFY BROKENS.

• SMALLER BROKENS CONTINUED TO WITNESS SOME WITHDRAWALS.

• FANNINGS AND SECONDARIES WERE IRREGULAR AROUND LAST.

• EXPORTERS TO THE CIS AND MIDDLE EAST OPERATED.