Tea prices witnesses moderate fall at Kochi

There was a moderate decline in tea prices at the Kochi auction, which had 991,000 kg of dust tea on offer. High-priced CTC varieties eased by Rs 2-4, while medium CTC varieties eased by Re 1-Rs 2. Best CTC varieties ranged between Rs 63 and Rs 74, medium CTC was at Rs 55-62 and below medium was quoted at Rs 45-48. Best CTC leaf was quoted at Rs 52-57, while medium CTC ranged at Rs 46-49. Kodanad BOPD fetched the top price in the dust segment at Rs 113, followed by Pasuparai FD at Rs 85, Pasuparai SFD at Rs 82 and Pasuparai SRD at Rs 82. In the leaf segment, Chamraj FOP quoted the top price at Rs 121, followed by Chamraj OP at Rs 120, Havukal OP at Rs 115 and Havukal FOP at Rs 110.