Season’s sale opens positive

The weekly tea market witnessed a good demand on Tuesday as the season's sale started on the day, said a press release.

The day's sale was higher compared to the first sale of the previous season.

There was fair enquiry from the Blenders, while Internal Loose tea buyers were quite active in the market.

Good liquoring Ds and CDs were the bright feature of the sale.

CTC LEAF: 13,408 packages and 661 packages of Old Season teas on offer met with quite a strong demand with a few withdrawals.

BROKENS: All good liquoring Brokens were strongly competed for and generally sold close to Brokers' price ideas and these ranged between Tk 205 and Tk 215. Medium varieties were also well supported and sold around Tk 190 and Tk 195. The plain types met with a fair demand but generally sold at a discount.

FANNINGS: Well made bright liquoring Fannings were strongly competed for and sold between Tk 205 and Tk 215. Medium varieties witnessed a fairly good demand and generally sold between Tk 190 and Tk 197. Lesser varieties realised between Tk 1801and Tk 190 with some withdrawals. Plainest types saw only a fair demand and were generally discounted with prices ranging between Tk165 and Tk 175. There were some withdrawals in this category.

CTC DUST: 2,623 packages and 148 packages of Old Season teas on offer met with a good demand. Select few lines of good liquoring RDs/Ds met with a strong competition and sold around Brokers' valuations and higher and these could be quoted between Tk 205 and Tk 220. CDs also sold well with the best lines selling between Tk 280 and Tk 291. Blenders lent strong support with fair interest from the Loose tea buyers.