Six lines of tea sold through Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers (Pvt) Ltd at this week’s tea auctions established record prices. The ‘marks’ which established all time record prices were Craighead 3 lines, Imboolpitiya 1 line, Dombagastalawa 1 line, Mount Vernon 1 line whilst 1 line of tea from Srathdon equalled all time record price. [...]

The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka

Forbes Tea Brokers sells at record prices

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Six lines of tea sold through Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers (Pvt) Ltd at this week’s tea auctions established record prices.
The ‘marks’ which established all time record prices were Craighead 3 lines, Imboolpitiya 1 line, Dombagastalawa 1 line, Mount Vernon 1 line whilst 1 line of tea from Srathdon equalled all time record price.

In the Craighead category, a line of BOPFS sold at Rs.720 per kg, higher than the previous record of Rs.650 per kg established by them. This line of tea was purchased by M/s Imperial Teas (Pvt) Ltd.

An FBOP Grade from Craighead sold at Rs.1150 per kg, up from Rs. 1050 established by Rilagala Mark, being purchased by M/s J- CEY – TEA (Pvt) Ltd.

The 3rd All Time Record Price of Rs.920 was established jointly with Imboolpitiya Mark for a line of OP1grade which surpassed the previous all time record price of Rs.900. The line Craighead tea was purchased by Euro Scan Exports (Pvt) Limited and the line of Imboolpitiya Tea was purchased by M/s Akbar Brothers.

Dombagastalawa mark owned and managed by Kahawatte Plantaions PLC established a record price of Rs.740 per kg for line of BOP grade in the Western Medium Category of the ex – estate catalogue.

A PF1grade from Mount Vernon Mark sold at a record price of Rs.530 per kg against the earlier record of Rs.520 per kg. This line of tea was purchased by Unilever Lipton Ceylon Ltd.

In CTC teas, Strathdon equalled the record price of Rs.530 per kg for a PF1 grade.

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