AUCTION TIMING

CTC LEAF: 46,797 packages of teas on offer met with a good demand.

BROKENS/FANNINGS: A fair weight of good liquoring varieties sold well but mostly at easier rates ranging between Tk.255/- and Tk.280/-. Medium varieties met with a little less demand and sold between Tk.248/- and Tk. 253/-. Lesser varieties met with some demand but there were many withdrawals and where sold fetched between Tk.245/- and Tk.247/-. BLF teas met with a fairly good demand with a fair weight being unsold and these realised prices between Tk.170/- and Tk.219/-.

DUST: 12,686 packages of teas on offer met with a good demand. Well made good liquoring Dusts were in good demand and sold well in line with quality. Others were an easier market and sold at a drop of Tk.5/- to Tk.8/- closely following quality. BLF Dusts met with a good competition with only a few withdrawals. Blenders lent strong support with fair interest from the Loose tea buyers.

COMMENTS: There was less competition noticeable in this sale particularly from the Blenders. Loose tea buyers were also not as active and as a result, withdrawals were quite heavy.

Dusts sold well.

Our Catalogue: (Sale 8) Avg : Tk 240.52, Sold 73.66 % , (Sale 7) Avg : Tk 252.12, Sold 82.64%