CTC:

• DEMAND - GOOD FOR BOTH LEAF AND DUST

• LEVELS FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF ASSAMS WERE IRREGULAR AND OFTEN TENDED EASIER.

• DOOARS BOUGHT LEAF EASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE SALE AND WITNESSED SOME OUTLOTS

• DUST MARKET FOLLOWED A SIMILAR TREND WITH PDs DISCOUNTED MORE THAN THE DUSTs.

• MAJOR BLENDERS WERE ACTIVE WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM OTHER PACKERS, WESTERN INDIA AND EXPORTERS.

• PERCENTAGE OF TEAS SOLD ABOVE RS 400/- CAME DOWN TO 5.6 WHEN COMPARED WITH 11.8 IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

ORTHODOX:

• STRONG DEMAND.

• FEW TIPPY TEAS ON OFFER WERE READILY ABSORBED AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES.

• CLEAN, WELL MADE TEAS SOLD AT FIRM RATES, WHILE THE WHOLE LEAF ALSO APPRECIATED AT TIMES.

• REMAINDER WHOLE LEAF MAINTAINED LAST LEVELS, WHILST BROKENS WERE IRREGULAR AROUND LAST FOLLOWING QUALITY.

• SECONDARIES AND FANNINGS WITNESSED USEFUL ENQUIRY AT LAST LEVELS.

• EXPORTERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND CIS WERE ACTIVE WITH SOME ENQUIRY FROM THE TCPL, HUL AND THE CONTINENT.