Article: India's Darjeeling tea sells for world record price.(World News)(Brief Article)

INDIA--A top-grade Darjeeling tea fetched a world record price of 18,000 rupees ($390.70) a kg in an auction at the main Calcutta tea market, a trade body said recently.

"Five chests containing 55 kg tea, produced by the Makaibari tea estate, Darjeeling, were sold by J. Thomas & Co. Pvt Ltd, at a world record price of 18,000 rupees a kg," the Calcutta Tea Traders Association said in a statement. "It [silvertips Darjeeling tea] was keenly competed for by buyers and was purchased by Godfrey Phillips India Ltd GDFR.BO for ...

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