The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Chittagong

The weekly tea sale held here today marked upward trend particularly towards the second half of the sale where prices appreciated substantially.

According to the market sources, blenders/packeteers operated strongly and there was more interest from Pakistan especially for the fannings. Dusts were a strong feature of the sale.

The details of the market reports are as follows:

CTC Leaf: 17,819 packages and 185 packages of old season again met with a strong demand which strengthened as the sale progressed.

Brokens: Good liquoring brokens were a very strong feature and generally advanced by Taka three to Taka five and these could be quoted between Taka 123 and Taka 129. Plainer varieties also met with a good demand and were generally firm to slightly dearer.

Fannings: All fannings were very strong market particularly the clean, good liquoring varieties which were Taka five to Taka seven dearer than last and these realised between Taka 123 and Taka 129. The plainer varieties were also dearer.

CTC Dust: 2,519 packages and five packages of old season on offer met with an excellent demand. Good liquoring RDs and Dusts were the strongest feature and appreciated substantially in value often by Taka 10 to Taka 12 per kilogram.

Medium were also strongly competed for at dearer levels. Plainer varieties along with the CDs were generally a firm market. Blenders lent strong support.

Loose tea buyers competed quite strongly with fairly good interest emanating from the buyers for Pakistan , the sources added.