Sales Averages

Sale Averages

	1.	Sale Averages - Average Price in Indian Rupees and Quantity in Million Kgs.

	2.	Auction Averages - Regionwise / Category-wise for CALENDER YEAR 2003 & 2002 (In Million kgs / Average in Indian Rupees)

	3.	Auction Averages - Centerwise / Category-wise for CALENDER YEAR 2003 & 2002 (In Million kgs / Average in Indian Rupees)

	4.	Auction Averages - Regionwise / Category-wise for APR '03-JUN '03 & APR '02-JUN '02 New season (In Million kgs / Average in Indian Rupees)

SALE AVERAGES (Average Prices in Indian Rupees & Qty in Million kgs.)
		YEAR 2005						YEAR 2004
		Sold in Sale 07			Upto Sale 07			Sold in Sale 07			Upto Sale 07
District		Pkgs.	Kgs.	Avg/kg	Pkgs.	Kgs.	Avg/kg	Pkgs.	Kgs.	Avg/kg	Pkgs.	Kgs.	Avg/kg
Assam	CTC	58638	1.71	58.26	460141	13.88	59.65	19151	0.55	68.27	305030	8.97	62.72
	Orth	2962	0.08	68.19	48773	1.22	72.18	1047	0.03	64.56	39774	0.95	58.17
	Total	61600	1.79	58.72	508914	15.10	60.66	20198	0.59	68.06	344804	9.92	62.28

Darjeeling		1880	0.05	67.21	16590	0.44	109.79	1008	0.03	63.31	10604	0.31	80.77

TOTAL(incl. Cacher,Dooars, Terai, Tripura, Others)
	CTC	73218	2.18	57.26	562507	17.24	59.02	24852	0.74	64.36	363987	10.88	61.45
	Orth	4032	0.11	64.38	56673	1.44	69.58	2193	0.06	63.95	44908	1.10	57.30

Auction Averages - Regionwise/Categorywise
From January To September 2003 & 2002 (In Million Kgs/Average in Indian Rupees)
	2003		2002		+/-
	Kgs.	Avg.	Kgs.	Avg.	Kgs.	Avg.
North India
CTC Leaf	132.02	60.66	119.00	61.16	13.02	-0.50
Orth.Leaf	13.46	77.09	13.01	76.45	0.45	0.64
Darjeeling	3.24	155.24	3.36	139.34	-0.12	15.90
All Dust	47.35	59.37	47.84	53.58	-0.49	5.79
Total	196.07	63.04	183.21	61.70	12.86	1.34

South India (Jan-Feb)
CTC Leaf	4.94	40.75	9.92	34.46	-4.98	6.29
Orth.Leaf	2.34	52.43	3.44	49.66	-1.10	2.78
All Dust	6.94	50.04	11.21	44.27	-4.27	5.77
Total	14.22	47.21	24.57	41.06	-10.35	6.14

All India
Darjeeling	3.24	155.24	3.36	139.34	-0.12	15.90
CTC Leaf	163.96	59.94	128.92	59.10	8.04	0.84
Orth.Leaf	15.18	73.44	16.45	70.85	-0.65	2.59
All Dust	54.29	58.18	25.95	117.91	28.34	-59.73
Total	207.05	60.51	171.32	69.14	35.73	-8.63

Auction Averages - Centerwise/Categorywise
From January To September 2003 & 2002 (In Million Kgs/Average in Indian Rupees)
	2003		2002		+ / -
	Kgs.	Avg.	Kgs.	Avg.	Kgs.	Avg.
North India
Kolkata
CTC Leaf	49.55	63.61	35.72	64.21	13.83	-0.60
Orth. Leaf	13.14	77.64	12.50	77.31	0.64	0.33
Darjeeling	3.24	155.24	3.36	139.34	-0.12	15.90
All Dust	19.46	62.68	17.01	54.09	2.45	8.59
Total	85.39	69.03	68.59	67.77	16.80	4.43
Guwahati
CTC Leaf	51.22	58.75	53.06	61.70	-1.84	-2.95
Orth. Leaf	0.32	54.69	0.51	55.42	-0.19	-0.73
All Dust	21.78	57.60	25.54	54.10	-3.76	3.50
Total	73.32	58.39	79.11	59.21	-5.79	-0.82
Siliguri (till July)
CTC Leaf	31.25	59.10	30.22	56.59	1.03	2.51
Darjeeling	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
All Dust	6.11	55.16	5.29	49.45	0.82	5.71
Total	37.36	58.46	35.51	55.53	1.85	2.93

South India (Jan-Feb)
Kochi
CTC Leaf	0.39	42.24	0.76	34.21	-0.37	8.03
Orth. Leaf	1.71	53.56	2.57	51.05	-0.86	2.51
All Dust	4.21	52.70	7.29	46.87	-3.08	5.83
Total	6.31	52.29	10.62	46.98	-4.31	5.31
Coimbatore
CTC Leaf	1.09	39.44	1.68	34.14	-0.59	5.30
Orth. Leaf	0.43	50.14	0.47	47.14	-0.04	3.00
All Dust	1.49	47.46	1.74	42.16	-0.25	5.30
Total	3.01	44.94	3.89	39.30	-0.88	5.64
Coonoor
CTC Leaf	3.46	41.00	7.48	34.56	-4.02	6.44
Orth. Leaf	0.20	47.70	0.40	43.65	-0.20	4.05
All Dust	1.24	44.10	2.18	37.26	-0.94	6.84
Total	4.90	42.06	10.06	35.51	-5.16	6.55

Auction Averages - Regionwise/Categorywise
For Apr '03 - Sept '03 & Apr '02 - Sept '02 (In Million Kgs/Average in Indian Rupees)

	2003		2002		+ / -
	Kgs	Avg.	Kgs	Avg.	Kgs	Avg.
North India		Rs.		Rs.		Rs.
CTC Leaf	89.34	60.37	72.00	66.66	17.34	-6.29
Orth.Leaf	12.19	78.39	8.02	88.28	4.17	-9.88
Darjeeling	2.80	163.43	2.41	159.64	0.39	3.79
All Dust	33.21	59.16	27.70	61.39	5.51	-2.23
Total	137.54	63.78	110.13	68.94	27.41	-5.17
South India (Apr'02-Feb'03 & Apr'01-Feb'02)
CTC Leaf	49.63	36.49	72.11	38.45	-22.48	-1.96
Orth. Leaf	17.86	49.93	17.29	53.72	0.57	-3.78
All Dust	57.33	44.84	63.03	46.40	-5.70	-1.56
Total	124.82	42.25	152.43	43.47	-27.61	-1.22
All India
CTC Leaf	138.97	51.84	144.11	52.54	-5.14	-0.70
Orth. Leaf	30.05	61.48	25.31	64.67	4.74	-3.19
Darjeeling	2.80	163.43	2.41	159.64	0.39	3.79
All Dust	90.54	50.09	90.73	50.98	-0.19	-0.88
Total	262.36	53.53	262.56	54.16	-0.20	-0.62

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