Assam tea worth over Rs 3,300 crore sold at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre in FY 2022-23

Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 16 (ANI): tea-worth-over-rs-3">Assam tea worth over Rs 3300 crore was sold at the tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) in the financial year 2022-2023.
According to official data of the tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, around 165 million kg of tea was sold at the tea auction centre in 2022-23 with an average price of Rs 191.26 per kg.
Dinesh Bihani, Secretary of the Guwahati Tea Auction Buyer's Association (GTABA) told ANI that in the season 2022-23, around 165 million kg of tea was sold at the tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre.
"Around 165 million kg of tea worth around Rs 3300 crore sold at the tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre in 2022-23. The auction average price has increased upto Rs 8.10 per kg this time compared to the previous year," Dinesh Bihani said.
He further said that last year a special tea Manohari Golden Tea was auctioned at a price of Rs 99,999 per kg.
"An orthodox tea was auctioned at tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre at a price of around Rs 5100," Dinesh Bihani said.
He further said that demand for Assam tea has been increasing at the global level.
"In the past two-three years, exporters' demands have increased towards the auction. We hope that more tea will be sold at tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre in this financial year," Dinesh Bihani added.
According to the data of tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, in 2019-20, a total of 204.94 million kg of tea were sold at tea-auction-centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre with an average price of Rs 139.65 per kg. (ANI)