Tea Board increasing number of auction centres to help tea producers realise better prices
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Key takeaway
Tea Board plans to expand auction centres beyond Kolkata, Guwahati, Siliguri and Coimbatore to improve price discovery for small growers
- Step 1 · The triggerTea Board adds auction centres beyond the four existing locations, cutting transport distance for dispersed growers
- Step 2 · Knock-onmore auction points raise bidder competition and reduce the logistics cost wedge that buyers currently extract
- Step 3 · Knock-ongrower realisations improve, particularly for smallholders in South India and the North East
- Step 4 · Knock-onbulk buyers and blenders face higher leaf input costs as the auction price floor rises
- Step 5 · Reaches youthe SME blender's gross margin compresses unless it passes through to retail price or locks supply contracts early
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Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
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