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Coimbatore Tea Auction: auction in Coimbatore

Tea sold through the centre: 19.27 million kg | 2024-04-01 / 2025-03-31. Coimbatore, India. Products, price publication, key figures and sources.

AGR-422 · Auction · Coimbatore, India · INR

Tea sold through the centre: 19.27 million kg | 2024-04-01 / 2025-03-31. Total Coimbatore; report rounding.

Coimbatore Tea Auction is a wholesale tea centre in Tamil Nadu operating within India’s electronic auction system. Local trade is associated with the Tea Trade Association of Coimbatore. It is recorded separately from Coonoor and other centres even where they use common electronic infrastructure. For blenders, packers and exporters, its relevance lies in access to consignments identified by producer and grade, allowing samples and catalogue descriptions to be compared before purchases are made.

Tea Board’s report for April 2024 to March 2025 records 19.27 million kilograms sold through Coimbatore at an average INR 135.54/kg. These totals combine leaf and dust, with the rounding used in the report. They are neither the performance of an individual factory nor an offer for a particular grade. Weekly series may have narrower coverage than annual totals, so a meaningful comparison requires checking the table heading rather than merely matching the city name.

Buyers should establish registration requirements, their relationship with a broker and access to catalogues and samples. For blending purchases, relevant considerations include cup characteristics, particle size, consistency between lots and the final customer’s requirements. The sample and lot number should be tied unambiguously to the catalogue entry. Beyond the bid price, check payment deadlines, the release warehouse and transport to the processing site. A purchasing limit is best assessed in relation to the intended blend or finished product rather than the cost of one isolated bag of raw material.

Sellers should discuss preparation, quality descriptions, sampling and catalogue deadlines with their broker. Consistent identification of factory and grade helps regular customers compare successive consignments. Establish fees, deductions, storage arrangements and what happens when a lot remains unsold. Delivery planning should account for protection from moisture and foreign odours. These logistical conditions can alter the commercial value of tea even when its initial assessment was favourable, making packaging and storage part of the sales decision rather than an afterthought.

Tea Board’s public Weekly Prices page has a separate Coimbatore column. Its heading identifies the series as CTC leaf and all dust; dust is a fine tea category and should not be equated with waste tea. NS entries and blank observations must retain their meaning under the source’s legend rather than being entered as zero prices. The series is useful for tracking market conditions, but does not replace an auction catalogue or the examination of a specific sample. The profile identifies the Tea Trade Centre complex; the broker’s current contact and the warehouse for collection should be established for the chosen transaction.

What is priced: Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar, cotton, rubber and spices

Products and quotations

Leaf and dust teas; weekly series covers CTC leaf and all dust

Key figures

Average auction price: 135.54 INR/kg (2024-04-01 / 2025-03-31). 2024-04-01 / 2025-03-31. Total Coimbatore, leaf + dust.

Sources

All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources