At Rs 700 a kilo, record price for Assam CTC

KOLKATA: Assam’s

Halmari estate

created a world record on Tuesday by fetching Rs 700 a kilo for its

CTC

tea in the pan-India e-auction.


The last global-best price for CTC tea was fetched by a second flush variety from the same garden at Rs 600 per kg on July 14, 2016.

On Tuesday’s Sale No. 17, auctioned by

Kolkata-based J Thomas

& Co, renowned south Kolkata retailer

Mahabodhi Tea House

bought 307.8 kg of first flush

Halmari Broken Orange Pekoe

(BOP) at Rs 700 per kg.

Industry experts believe this variety can command a price of Rs 1,000-Rs 1,200 per kilo in the retail market.