Coonoor tea auctions see high volume on offer

Coonoor: Volume continues to be high at the auction of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) sale this week. A volume of 12.23 lakh kgs has been catalogued. It is as much as 1.7 lakh kgs more than the volume offered this time last year. Of the 12. 23 lakh kgs, 8.66 lakh kgs belong to the leaf grades3.57 lakh kgs to dust grades, 11.33 lakh kgsto the CTC and 0.90 lakh kgs to orthodox variety. In the leaf grades, only 0.34 lakh kgs belong to the orthodox variety, while 8.32 lakh kgs belong to the CTC variety. In the dust grades, only 0.56 lakh kgs belong to the orthodox variety while 3.01 lakh kgs belong to the CTC variety.