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The following estates achieved all-time record prices at the weekly Tea Auctions held on 5April.
Pedro Estate achieved an all-time record price of Rs. 740per kg under the selling mark ‘Mahagastotte’ for a BOPF grade, in the Nuwara Eliya agro climatic planting district, bettering it’s previous record price of Rs.730achieved last week. This line of tea was purchased byUnilever Lipton Ceylon Ltd.
Pedro estate is situated in the Nuwara Eliya planting district and the factory at an elevation of 1750 mts above sea level. Incidentally, Mahagastotte was one of the first estates in Nuwara Eliya to plant tea on a commercial scale, and is currently certified under Rainforest Alliance, ISO22000:2005, HACCP, Ethical Tea Partnership and UTZ Code of Conduct for Tea. This estate is managed by Anura Senanayake, Deputy General Manager, and comes under the purview of Kelani Valley Plantation PLC.
Dunsinane Estate surpassed its previous record price of Rs. 620set last week and established a new an all-time record price of Rs. 640per kg for a BPS grade in the Western High Grown CTC category this week. This line of tea was purchased by Tea-Link Colombo Ltd.
Dunsinane is situated at an elevation of 1400 mts above sea level at the Pundaluoya Valley in the Dimbula planting district. George Smyttan Duff is credited to have opened this estate for coffee planting in the 1840s. Incidentally he was also a shareholder of Oriental Bank which crashed with the coffee industry.
Dunsinane now is an ISO 22000:2005 and Rainforest alliance certified facility with an annual production capacity of over a million kilos of made tea per annum. This estate is managed by AselaUdumulla and comes under the purview of Elpitiya Plantations PLC.
NildalukandaFactory achieved an all-time record price of Rs. 600for a BPS grade in the Low grown CTC category this week bettering their previous record price of Rs. 580. This line of tea was purchased by Easwaran Brothers Exports Ltd.
Nildalukanda tea Factory is situated in Gampola at an elevation of 470mts above sea level and has an annual production capacity of 1.2million kgs. This factory comes under the purview of IndikaGuruge,Group Manager, and is managed by Walters Bay Tea Estates Ltd.
The above record breaking teas were marketed by Forbes & Walker Tea BrokersLtd.
