WEEK BEGINNING (MONDAY - 14/03/05) :  
NORTH INDIA
SOUTH INDIA
OTHER COUNTRIES

 NORTH INDIA 

CALCUTTA - SALE 11 Auctions held on 28th February 2005:

CTC Leaf : NO SALE.
Orthodox: NO SALE.
Darjeeling : NO SALE.

 

Dust : NO SALE.

 

Comment -

GUWAHATI : SALE-11

NO SALE.

SILIGURI :SALE-11

NO SALE.

CURRENT AND FUTURE AUCTION OFFERINGS (IN PKGS):

CENTRE

WEEK BEGINNING 14/03/05

WEEK BEGINNING 21/03/05

2005 2004 +/- 2005 2004 +/-
KOLKATA No Sale No Sale -- -- -- --
GUWAHATI No Sale 13055 13055 -- -- --
SILIGURI No Sale 21454 21454 -- -- --
TOTAL NORTH INDIA No Sale 34509 34509 -- -- --

QUOTATIONS FOR NORTH INDIA ( This week In USD/KG, FOB CALCUTTA):

 

DARJEELING BEST GOOD GOOD MEDIUM MEDIUM LOW MEDIUM PLAIN
TGFOP

N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
GBOP

N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A

GOF N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
DUST

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

ORTHODOX
TGFOP N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
FBOP N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
GBOP N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
FOF N/A

N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A

TIPPY (ORTHODOX)
OP N/A
FBOP N/A
GBOP N/A
CTC(GRANULAR TEA)
BOP/BP

N/A

N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A
PF

N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
PD/DUST

N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Calcutta Auction Averages (In USD/Kg; F.O.B. Calcutta)

Held On

Sale 10

 

Sale 10


Upto

Sale 10

 

Sale 10


CTC:  Leaf: -- -- -- --
Orthodox: -- -- -- --
Darjeeling: -- -- -- --
Dust: -- -- -- --

Exchange Rate : Rs. 43.41 to U.S.D 1.00

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SOUTH INDIA :

COCHIN : SALE-11

Dust

CTC

Good demand. Good best sorts sold to fully firm levels. Medium sorts were barely steady around last levels. Plainer sorts sold irregular and were occasionally lower

Internal active. Major Blenders selective.

 

Orth Fair demand. All sorts sold lower following quality. Exporters operated selectively along with the Internal buyers.

 

Leaf

CTC

Fair demand. Good and Best sorts sold readily, others were irregular.

Internal lent good support with some selective Export enquiry.

 

Orth

 

Select best Highgrown sorts and best Medium sorts sold firm, at times dearer. Selected Better mediums also followed a similar trend.

Major Blenders selective. Iraq, Libya, Continent/Japan were active. CIS operated selective.

 

COONOOR : SALE-11

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SOUTH INDIA : QUOTATIONS THIS WEEK (IN USD/KG; F.O.B. COCHIN) :

CTC (GRANULAR TEA) :

CTC GOOD  MEDIUM  PLAIN 
BOLDER BROKENS - - -
BROKENS - - -
FANNINGS - - -

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 OTHER COUNTRIES :
MOMBASA: Good demand.

BP1 firm to dearer. PF1's fully firm to dearer. PD irregularly firm to dearer. D1 steady to easier. Off-grades were mostly firm to dearer.

Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen, UK operating,

 

JAKARTA: Good demand for 16,420 packages. Brokens were mostly withdrawn.

Orthodox: BOP/BOP1/BT steady, selective BT2 easier by 1-2 usc. BOPF 1-2 usc dearer. PF/PF2/D/D2 were fully firm to dearer rates. Few exceptional Secondaries were 4-10 usc dearer.

BP/BP2: Limited offering's were fully firm to 1 usc dearer.

CTC: BP1 were steady. PF1 and PDs were 2-4 usc dearer. Other CTC Teas were fully firm.

Lipton selective this week, but the blenders Russia and UK/Continent were active.

 

COLOMBO: Good demand.

Ex-Estate: Bright Dimbula's advanced, other lost by 3-6 usc, N'Eliya's followed a similar trend, Uva/Udapuss lost by 4-8 usc.

Low Grown: Dearer all round by 5-10 usc.

Off-Grades: Dearer for all but Fannings lost 3-5 usc.

Dust: firm.

CIS, ME, UK, Japan active.

 

MALAWI: Fair demand.

BP1 steady to slightly easier.   PF1/F1 were easier. PD/D1 declined by 2-5 usc. Off-grade Fannings firm to dearer, Secondary Dusts lower to 3 usc up.

RSA, UK, Pakistan, others selective.

 

BANGLADESH: Good demand.

Better sorts dearer, poor teas easier.

Internal very active, Exporters very selective.

 

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